HISTORY 102

Sexual Histories: Western Sexualities from Medieval to Modern Times


Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for HISTORY 102.

Description

The shifting meanings, languages and practices of hetero- and homosexualities using examples from the USA and Europe. Topics include: origins and development in early Christian ideologies, images of the body, gender, reproduction and marriage in sexuality, homosexual identities, Victorian ideologies and behaviour, changing discourses of pornography, the modern privileging of sex and the impact of AIDS.

View the course syllabus

Availability 2017

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Professor Kim Phillips
Professor Barry Reay

Recommended Reading

K.M. Phillips and B. Reay (eds), Sexualities in History: A Reader, New York, 2002.

Anna Clark, Desire: A History of European Sexuality, New York, 2008.

Kim M. Phillips and Barry Reay, Sex before Sexuality: A Premodern History, Cambridge, 2011.

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

HISTORY 102: 15 points