Spring 2019 - GSWS 321 D200

Special Topics in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (4)

Family and Youth in Scotland

Class Number: 8132

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Wed, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 17, 2019
    Wed, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    15 units.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A specific theme within the field of gender, sexuality, and women's studies, not otherwise covered in depth in regularly scheduled courses, will be dealt with as occasion and demand warrant.

COURSE DETAILS:

ST in GSWS: FAMILY AND YOUTH IN SCOTLAND


Between 1700 and the present, Scotland underwent a period of intense social and economic upheaval that dramatically impacted the lives of women and their families—among them, increased surveillance over their everyday lives from those in position of power in Scottish society. Using gender as the lens with which to examine the everyday lives of Scottish people, this course will examine, for example, attempts to control women’s bodies and suppress ‘superstitions’ through the witchcraft trials, the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the rhythms of family life and privacy, the effort by private and state interests to remake children into dutiful citizens, and the ‘crisis’ of Scottish masculinity. Students will then debate the ways in which women and their families negotiated and resisted these wider forces.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

For more detailed information please see the GSWS website: http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/courses/Educational_Goals.html

Grading

  • Participation 25%
  • Scottish women biography assignment 20%
  • Research essay (12-15 pages including bibliography) 35%
  • Final exam 20%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Lynn Abrams ed. Gender in Scottish History Since 1700. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006 [available online through the library as an e-book] 

Registrar Notes:

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