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Shirley J. Yee
WOMEN 490
Seattle Campus
Exploration of specific problems and issues relevant to the study of women. Offered by visiting or resident faculty members. Primarily for upper-division and graduate students.
Class description
This course introduces students to the politics of race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation in the construction of genealogical narratives. Students will read several different approoaches to the writing of family histories and in the process analyze the meaning(s) of family, kinship, and community in specific social and political contexts from the 18th century to the 20th century.
Student learning goals
Learn the ways in which assummptions of race, gender, class, sexuality, and nation are implicated in "objective" documents such as the census.
Develop competency in basic historical research using primary and secondary sources
Sharpen critical analytical skills in the evaluation of assigned readings and primary documents
Sharpen writing and speaking skills
General method of instruction
Seminar with some lectures incorporated into class sessions
Recommended preparation
Introductory U.S. history and/or Women 200.
Class assignments and grading
Written midterm examination Research Paper Progress Reports Completion of readings in preparation for class discussion
Completion of all exams and written and oral assignments
