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1.00 Credits
Sexuality is commonly understood as a natural or biological instinct, but as scholars have recently shown, it is better understood as a set of cultural practices that have a history. Starting with the ancient Greeks, this course examines the culturally and historically variable meanings attached to sexuality in Western culture. It pays particular attention to the emergence of sexuality in the nineteenth century as an instrument of power. It also considers how race, class, gender, and nationality have influenced the modern organization of sexuality. Topics covered include sex before sexuality, sexuality and colonialism, sexuality and U.S. slavery, and the emergence of the hetero/homosexual binarism in the late nineteenth century. Primary readings include The Symposium, A Passage to India, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, The Well of Loneliness, and The Swimming Pool Library. Secondary readings include work by Michel Foucault, David Halperin, Angela Davis, Hazel Carby, Martin Duberman, George Chauncey, and Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
A social and religious history of American Judaism from pre-revolutionary to contemporary times. After examining the era of immigration and "Americanization," the course will focus on the ethnic, religious, and social structures of American Judaism: The Community Center, the Synagogue, and the Federation. 1.00 units, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
Drinking as an institution has reflected the varieties of culture, interest groups, and ideologies that have swept America. We will examine the tumultuous history of this institution, from the origins of the Republic to the present, in order to understand what the 'wets' and the 'drys' can tell us about the nature of community in America. Special attention to the ways in which gender, race, class, and ethnicity shape perceptions of drinking, leisure, and social control. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
A study of the development of American political thought: the colonial period, the Revolution; Jeffersonian democracy; Jacksonian democracy; the defense of slave society; social Darwinism; the Populist and Progressive reform movements; current theories of conservatism, liberalism, and the Left. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
A broad survey of African-American writing from the 18th century to the present, with an emphasis on issues of voice, identity and canonicity. Possible readings in Frederick Douglass, Nat Turner, Harriet Jacobs, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones, and others. 1.00 units, Lecture
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0.00 Credits
The evolution of business structures and practices, primarily in the American experience. Changes in such aspects of management, finance, marketing, and information are considered. Special attention is given to the role or entrepreneurs and conditions which may have influenced their creative effots. Both an analytical approach and case studies are employed. Prerequisite: Economics 101. Prerequisite: C- or better in Economics 101. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
This course examines America since WWII. We will explore both political events and cultural and social trends, including the cold war, rock 'n' roll, civil rights, feminism, Vietnam, consumerism and advertising, the new right and the new left, the counterculture, religious and ethnic revivals, poverty, and the "me" generation. Enrollment limited. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
An examination, through selected case studies, of machine technology's impact on the Transatlantic world from the 18th century to the present. This course will focus on the interaction of technological innovation with the society in which it occurred, so that the student 1) may understand the specific problems, technical considerations, choices, limitations, possibilities, and consequences involved in technological innovation, and 2) may comprehend the societal response to such innovation, as it appeared in fiction, poetry, art and related forms of contemporary popular expression. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
An explanation of the institutional and political evolution of the presidency with an emphasis on the nature of presidential power in domestic and foreign affairs. Attention is also given to institutional conflicts with Congress and the Courts. The nature of presidential leadership and personality is also explored. 1.00 units, Lecture
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