WOM STD 3241 - Getting Medieval: Gender, Sex, Power

Institution:

Temple University

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Description:

Does Europe have a sex? Can everyday gender normativity be politically constitutive and also the occasion of excessive violence? To answer these questions we will study what bodies mattered in pre-modern Christian Europe and think about the fate of bodies that did not matter. This course explores different strategies of constructing masculinities and femininities in pre-modern Christian Europe and asks who/what had the power to universalize and discipline such fabrications. We will study how the papacy and medieval monarchies regulated gender and sexuality among Christians and also between Christians, Jews, Muslims and so-called “pagans” from c 500 CE to 1500 CE and in so doing creating a powerful political notion of a territorial “inside” called Europe.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

24 hours of college credit/sophomore standing

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.TEMPLE.EDU

Phone Number:

(215) 204-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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