HSS 2435 - Lgbt Boston: a History, With Maps

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Babson College

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3.00 credits HSS2435 LGBT BOSTON: A HISTORY, WITH MAPS (AMS) 3 credit Intermediate Liberal Arts This course will draw from gay and lesbian studies, music and theater history, gender studies, American cultural history, and literary history as it challenges students to leave Babson Park and immerse themselves in Boston's gay and lesbian past and present. The course encourages students to investigate the multiplicity of identities that have formed a central part of Boston's social and cultural life since at least the middle of the 19th century. In doing so "LGBT Boston" will not simply invite students to learn about individual lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and transgendered lives in our region, but will encourage Babson undergraduates to reconsider what we mean when we say "Boston" to begin with. "LGBT Boston" will require students to map their academic inquiry onto an actual place and, among other things, assumes that students will leave campus and see people and places that they might not in an average semester. The course will use the city as an adjunct to the campus, and make it possible for students to explore histories of diverse identity where they actually unfolded. Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation A&H & H&S

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.babson.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 235-1200

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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