LIBS 487 - Women and Public Spaces

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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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Despite old and persistent myths of a woman?s place being in the home, women in America have consistently maintained a presence in public spaces. Their participation, however, was not unfettered. Laws, social mores, familial and religious restraints, etiquette, the threat of violence, lack of funds, and other factors influenced and restricted women?s behavior when in public and structured society?s reactions to their presence. This course will consider the development of these codes of behavior (formal and informal), how women of different ethnicities, races, sexual orientations, and classes experienced their effects, and the ways in which women sought to temper and undermine the system, particularly in the twentieth century. The course will provide an interdisciplinary approach to historic, social, physical, economic, and cultural geographies through which women have traveled. Students cannot receive credit for both LIBS 487 and LIBS 587. Student seeking graduate credit should elect LIBS 587. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Discussion, Seminar CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Upper Division

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umich.edu

Phone Number:

(734) 764-1817

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Trimester

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