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Gender, Sex, and the Implosion of the 'Wholly Repressive' Thesis: A Historiographical Assessment of Historical Literature from the 1950's to Present
This paper considers the historical literature on sex & sexuality under the Third Reich prior to the publication of Dagmar Herzog's monumentally definitive text, "Sex After Fascism". I attempt to outline the creation and eventual disintegration of the thesis that extolled how the National Socialist state's 'repressive' policy/ideology extended to matters of a sexual nature.
CourseHI 729 Modern Germany (instructor: Dr. Pamela Swett)
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The Boswell Thesis: A Historiographical Assessment
This paper traces the inception and criticism of John Boswell's revolutionary thesis.
Course: HI733 Self & Society in the Middle Ages (instructor: Dr. Bernice Kaczynski).
The Sexualization of Sara Bartman: British Colonial Policy Toward African Women in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This paper uses the case of Sara Bartman, or 'the Hottentot Venus', as a lens into British colonial policy toward African women. Through the use of medical journals, I aimed to establish how knowledge derived from the European 'gaze' on Bartman informed medico-moral discourse throughout the colonial period. The greater objective here is to show how sex & sexuality were at the heart of Empire; the regulation of sexuality by colonial powers was integral to the success and maintenance of the imperial project. Course HI 764 (Instructor: Dr. Bonny Ibhawoh)
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