Family and Sexuality in U.S. History

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This course examines the growing scholarship in the fields of family history and sexual history in America. Students will explore the changing meanings of family, love, intimacy, emotions and sexuality from the colonial period through the 20th century in the U.S. Students will analyze the economic, political and cultural forces that helped shape sexual and family history. This course will introduce students to a wide range of American families and sexualities in history, examining how race, class, and ethnicity have made familial formation, sexual behavior and personal identity richly varied and complex.