HIST 359 - Gender and Colonialism in Africa

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Trinity College

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Gender relations were a key arena of struggle among men and women in colonial Africa. This course considers the ways in which gender ideologies and practices - both European and African - shaped the colonial encounter and were reconfigured by it. It examines how European and African gender ideologies influenced the design and implementation of colonial policies and considers the differing ways in which African men and women responded to colonial change, including the rise of cash cropping, mining, and labor migration, the establishment of customary law, Christian missionizing, and European reform efforts. Case studies of moments of gender crisis will elucidate the experiences of ordinary men and women as well as elites and officials during the rapid changes brought on by colonialism. 1.00 units, Lecture

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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