GRM 295-01 - Special Topic: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Modern Europe

4 credits (Spring)

Cross-listed as: GWS 295-01. This course explores the relationship between race, gender, and sexuality in Modern Europe. We will examine common tropes such as that of the “Oriental Harem” and “the effeminate Jew,” decadence, and degeneration. It focuses on the racialized and gendered discourse of nationalism from the late nineteenth century to its culmination in National Socialism. We will investigate gendered ideologies of race that justify the maintenance of European Empires, including “Orientalism” and the “Civilizing Mission.”

Prerequisite: GWS 111.
Instructor: Samper Vendrell