Week 1 learning summary
It’s a good idea to take a moment to reflect on what you have learnt and consolidate your thoughts.
This week you have:
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Become familiar with interpreting history through a sex and gendered lens.
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Discovered that the gender binary is a cultural construction of the European Enlightenment.
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Learnt how the concepts of patriarchy and masculinity are applied in a historical context and how that helps us to understand contemporary social justice movements, such as #MeToo.
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Encountered trans history and how the treatment of ‘gender outlaws’ in the past reveals how gender regimes are perpetuated, subverted and challenged.
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Analysed a range of primary sources for yourself, including newspaper articles, a film and a colonial account.
Comments
How have you found this week? What was the most surprising insight from the course so far? What are you looking forward to learning next week?
A Global History of Sex and Gender: Bodies and Power in the Modern World
A Global History of Sex and Gender: Bodies and Power in the Modern World
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