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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2018 |
Registration ID | ICPRH321B001 |
Course Title | Reclaiming the Working Class Hero |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Peace, Justice and Human Rights |
Instructor | Balay,Anne G. |
Times and Days | TTh 10:00am-11:30am
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Room Location | SHA416 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2407 In the wake of the recent election, scholarly and student interest in the American worker has intensified, and this course addressed the worker's status through a gender and sexuality lens. Though it's a truism that race, class, and gender are co-determinants, both the media and scholarship still manage to assume (more often than not) that the working-class is white, straight, and male. This course begins by examining the historical roots of this pervasive assumption, both via primary and scholarly sources. We turn to a collection of country songs, analyzing their messages and receptions. We read several novels and one disability memoir to explore how these assumptions are mobilized and resisted. Finally, we engage ethnography, both reading and doing oral histories of blue-collar folks whose gender or sexual expression is outside the norm.; Prerequisite(s): ICPR 290 or one course in queer studies or feminist ethnography.; Enrollment Limit: 15; Lottery Preference(s): Gen/Sex concentrators Social Science (SO) |
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