GER 253 SEXOLOGY/ACTIVSM IN WEIMAR REP

An examination of the ground-breaking work of Magnus Hirschfeld, sexologist and founder of the Institute of Sexual Research in Berlin. Topics include the history of sexuality rights activism, as well as works of artists, filmmakers, and authors who engaged critically, creatively, and politically with questions of gender and sexuality during the Weimar Republic (1918-1933).

Credits

4

Notes

This course may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in German. Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as GWS 253.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 38 students.

Attributes

A3, MOIE, W