Intersectional History of Sexuality

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In this course, we will consider the impact of social, economic, and political conditions on social constructions of sexuality, from the classical world of Greece and Rome, to the early modern West, to the streets of Victorian London and 1920s New York, to 21st-century movements for gender and sexual equity and inclusion. We will pay special attention to the ways that race, class, religion, ethnicity, and gender come together to shape power dynamics through the development, change, and continuity in sexual roles, norms, and relationships.