WGSS 3776 - Sexuality, Courtship, and Marriage in U.S. History

Institution:

Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

This course surveys the history of practices, identities, legal constructs, and social norms relating to sexuality, courtship, and marriage. Students particularly focus on locating the history of sexuality in its larger social, economic, and cultural contexts. Students also discuss the experience of individuals or social groups who deviated from the socially and legally constructed norms of the day in order to gain insight into how the sexual order has developed as a whole in this country.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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