HIST 090Z. Engendering Difference: Sex, Gender, Race, and the Making of Modern South Africa


This class will explore the historical connections between sex, gender and race in 19th and 20th century South Africa. It will contextualize these connections by placing them within institutions and processes of labor, the formation of families and households, culture, politics, colonialism and religion, providing insight into how these common processes of world history take on particular historical characteristics in modern South Africa.
Prerequisite: No prerequisites.
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for BLST
Catalog chapter: History  
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/history


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