Course Number:

Credit Hours:

4

Course Title:

Gender, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism

Course Description:

Examines how gender, race, and class influenced the experience of colonialism (for both colonial subjects and European colonizers); how colonialism operated with respect to gender, race, and sexuality; and how gender and race differences shaped postcolonial societies and individuals’ experiences. Topics include theoretical frameworks for study of the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, and colonialism; sexuality and empire; race, feminism, and colonialism; and the feminization of the labor force in global capitalism. Students gain experience reading primary sources including the reports of missionaries, diaries and journals of travelers, legal texts, and newspapers that attempted to represent and regulate the relations between Europeans and non-Europeans.