AMST 324
Indigenous Women's History
Last Offered Spring 2019
Division II Writing Skills Difference, Power, and Equity
Cross-listed WGSS 324 / HIST 362
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

What would it mean to locate indigenous women and their stories at the heart of American history? This advanced junior seminar course answers this question by centering the lives of indigenous women from the pre-colonial period through the present. We will discuss both the historical importance of these women’s lives, as well as the methodological and ethical concerns that arise through the historiographic recovery of their stories. We analyze both canonical figures–such as La Malinche, Pocahontas, and Sakakawea–as well as lesser known historical actors, political leaders, writers, and artists.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 19
Expected: 10
Class#: 3011
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: engaged class participation, weekly reading responses, extended research project (2-page proposal, 5-page annotated bibliography, 15-page final paper and presentation)
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: American Studies, History, and Women's Studies, Gender and Sexuality majors
Distributions: Division II Writing Skills Difference, Power, and Equity
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
AMST 324 Division II WGSS 324 Division II HIST 362 Division II
WS Notes: With substantial focus on students' development of independent research papers, this course satisfies the Writing Skills requirement.
DPE Notes: We examine the lives of indigenous women in the Americas across a span of more than 500 years, asking how and why we come to know these stories through archival records, oral histories, popular culture, and autobiographies. By analyzing the interwoven forces of gender, indigeneity, race, and colonization through both primary documents and secondary scholarship, we will work together to cultivate skills of critical inquiry and better understand the role of power in shaping historical narratives.
Attributes: AMST Comp Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora
HIST Group F Electives - U.S. + Canada
HIST Group G Electives - Global History

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