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A Global History of Sex and Gender: Bodies and Power in the Modern World 

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Overview

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

A Global History of Sex and Gender: Bodies and Power in the Modern World
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Highlights

  • Duration 4 weeks
  • Weekly study 4 hours
  • 100% online Learn at your own pace
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A Global History of Sex and Gender: Bodies and Power in the Modern World
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FutureLearn 
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  • This course offers you the chance to explore vital historical perspectives on key contemporary issues surrounding sexuality and gender, including the #MeToo movement, campaigns for gay and trans rights, equal pay, and reproductive justice.
  • Whether you're a curious citizen keen to learn more or you have a vocational commitment to implementing new perspectives on gender and sexuality at work, you'll trace today's social justice movements back to 1600, exploring the cultural and legal contexts of sexual abuse, gender-based violence, and bodily autonomy.
  • Through case studies of modern social justice movements, you'll develop your understanding of the operation of, and resistance to, patriarchal and heteronormative power in diverse historical and geographical settings.
  • As you get to grips with sexuality and queer experiences in the modern era, you'll explore reproductive rights issues like contraception, abortion, surrogacy, and fertility.
  • You'll study core concepts used in gender history and feminist, queer, and trans studies, including patriarchal equilibrium, hegemonic masculinity, and intersectionality.
  • Through creative forms of assessment, you'll develop your skills in applying gendered and sexual approaches to a range of historical materials, such as oral testimony and material artefacts, as well as written texts.
  • The course will be delivered by the interdisciplinary team at the Centre for Gender History at the University of Glasgow.
  • With world-leading expertise in this area, you'll enhance your knowledge in gendered and sexual history with experts in the field of gender studies.
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A Global History of Sex and Gender: Bodies and Power in the Modern World
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Gender and power

Introductions

Gender and Sexual History: An Approach

Patriarchy, Masculinity and Power

Gender fluidity and trans history

Sex and Intimacy

Introduction

Sexual 'Liberation' in the 1960s and 1970s

Queer Stories from History

The Politics of Reproduction

Work and Care

Introduction

Care

Work

Gender & the Material Culture of Work & Care

Histories of Feminism

Introduction

Intersectional feminism

Political rights

Cultural feminism

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