WMST 100 - Mistaken Identities

Institution:

King's College - Pennsylvania

Subject:

Women Studies

Description:

This course uses texts with themes of disguise, passing, and deceit to help students interrogate notions of the "self" and "identity." Through both primary and secondary sources, the class asks students to interrogate the way writers and historical agents defined themselves according to various social categories: religion, class, gender, and race. How did people and characters who challenged those boundaries reveal the importance of those categories to their contemporary worlds? In their successes and failures to reinvent themselves, the individuals reveal the flexibilities and fixities in their societies. And that people were fooled by them tells us about their historical contexts as well. Students will engage with a variety of texts that move chronologically from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century and geographically from Illyria to New York City. Through close readings, we'll try to uncover how texts deal directly and indirectly with social norms and cultural panic through the portrayal of deceit and disguise. Cross-listed as CORE 100.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.kings.edu

Phone Number:

(570) 208-5900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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