Portland-State-University 2014-2015 Bulletin

WS 370U History of Sexualities

Looks at the various meanings given to sexual desires and practices throughout history. Explores sexuality as reproduction, perversion, pleasure, and as a site of both social/political regulation and subversive agency. Focuses on change over time in the North American context emphasizing the contests involving sexuality beginning with the period of European conquest and ending with looking at HIV/AIDS and transgender issues.

Credits

4
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  • 300