History of Sexuality in the Americas

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Sexuality in practice and thought in North and South America since colonial times. Continuities, commonalities and differences from cultural, geographic and temporal perspectives, looking at the effects of major social movements including nationalism, industrialization and globalization. Use of secondary sources and a wide variety of primary sources from Inquisition documents to Flapper films. Theory and historical contextualization. This course is the same as Women's and Gender Studies 3238.