HST211 Gender, Sexuality and Identity in Europe from 1890

HST211 Gender, Sexuality and Identity in Europe from 1890

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
– be able to apply theories of gender, in both professional and scholarly work
– be able to analyse information from disparate sources, such as press articles, films and political propaganda, and place them in an historical context
– be able to exercise an awareness of the history of sexuality and gender in Europe, being familiar with historical episodes, influential individuals and schools of thought
Syllabus

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The subject will cover the following topics:
– The suffragettes and challenges to gender stereotypes. – Sex crimes in European culture – the trial of Oscar Wilde, homosexuality in pre-war Britain, the regulation of prostitution. – Divorce laws and family structures from the 1900s to the 1980s. – Gender roles in political ideologies; ideals of masculinity and femininity in Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. – Rebels and community values, the bohemian lifestyle among the intelligentsia of inter-war Europe. – Conservatives and community values, sexuality, morality and power in Thatcher’s Britain. – Sexuality and the media. Representations of gender differences and eroticism.