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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
European Studies
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Yuval Tal
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. yuval tal
Course/Module description:
In the second half of the twentieth century a “Sexual Revolution” took place in Europe: Liberalization of sexual practices, sexual discourse, and sexual values. This course will explore the major events and processes of the Sexual Revolution in Europe, with a focus on Germany, France, and Britain. We will study the history of contraception, LGBTQ rights, sexual pleasure, and extramarital sex. We will also critically examine the liberal interpretation of the Sexual Revolution as an event of emancipation and progress. We will discuss questions such as: Which power structure were undermined during the Sexual Revolution and which power structures replaced them? How women and men experienced the Sexual Revolution and how it shaped gender inequalities? And how activists and spokespersons of the Sexual Revolution responded to and engaged with contemporary struggles for religious and racial equality and struggles toward decolonization?
Course/Module aims:
Students will become familiar with the major questions and themes in the history, theory, and historiography of the Sexual Revolution in Europe. In addition, students will improve or acquire methodological skills in the history and theory of gender studies and sexuality studies.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Students will become familiar with the major questions and themes in the history, theory, and historiography of the Sexual Revolution in Europe. In addition, students will improve or acquire methodological skills in the history and theory of gender studies and sexuality studies.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Class discussion
Course/Module Content:
1. Introduction
2. Foucault's Theory of Sexuality
Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality. New York, 1978, Part I and II
3. Sexuality in Post-WWI Germany and France
Atina Grossman, Reforming Sex: The German Movement for Birth Control and Abortion Reform, 1920-1950 (NY: Oxford University Press, 1995), 14-45.
4. Sex in 1930s London
Matt Houlbrook, Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957. Chicago. 167-194.
5. Sex and Fascism
Dagmar Herzog, Sex After Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany (Princeton: Princeton University Press 2005), 10-63.
6. Sex in the Third Reich
Dagmar Herzog, Sex After Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany (Princeton: Princeton University Press 2005), 101-140.
7. Postwar Homosexual Sociability in France
Julian Jackson, Living in Arcadia: Homosexuality, Politics, and Morality in France from the Liberation to AIDS (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009), 37-57.
8. Sexual Politics and Christian Democracy
Dagmar Herzog, “Pleasure, Sex, and Politics Belong Together: Post-Holocaust Memory and the Sexual Revolution in Germany,” Critical Inquiry 24: 2 (1998), 393-444.
9. Sexual Revolution in London
Frank Mort. Capital Affairs: London and the Making of the Permissive Society. New Have, 2010. Chapter 1.
10. Sexual Revolution in Paris
Julian Jackson, Living in Arcadia: Homosexuality, Politics, and Morality in France from the Liberation to AIDS (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009), 172-194.
11. Decolonization and the Sexual Revolution
Todd Shepard, “Something Notably Erotic”: Politics, “Arab Men,” and Sexual Revolution in Post-decolonization France, 1962–1974." The Journal of Modern History 84, no. 1 (2012): 80-115.
12. The Politics and Economy of Sexual Pleasure
Ellen Furlough, “Packaging Pleasures: Club Méditerranée and French Consumer Culture, 1950-1968,” French Historical Studies 18:1 (1993): 65-81.
13. From the Sexual Revolution to MeToo
Stavroula Pipyrou, “#MeToo is Little More than Mob Rule//vs//# MeToo is a Legitimate Form of Social Justice,” HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 8:3 (2018): 415-419.
Required Reading:
1. Introduction
2. Foucault's Theory of Sexuality
Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality. New York, 1978, Part I and II
3. Sexuality in Post-WWI Germany and France
Atina Grossman, Reforming Sex: The German Movement for Birth Control and Abortion Reform, 1920-1950 (NY: Oxford University Press, 1995), 14-45.
4. Sex in 1930s London
Matt Houlbrook, Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957. Chicago. 167-194.
5. Sex and Fascism
Dagmar Herzog, Sex After Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany (Princeton: Princeton University Press 2005), 10-63.
6. Sex in the Third Reich
Dagmar Herzog, Sex After Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany (Princeton: Princeton University Press 2005), 101-140.
7. Postwar Homosexual Sociability in France
Julian Jackson, Living in Arcadia: Homosexuality, Politics, and Morality in France from the Liberation to AIDS (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009), 37-57.
8. Sexual Politics and Christian Democracy
Dagmar Herzog, “Pleasure, Sex, and Politics Belong Together: Post-Holocaust Memory and the Sexual Revolution in Germany,” Critical Inquiry 24: 2 (1998), 393-444.
9. Sexual Revolution in London
Frank Mort. Capital Affairs: London and the Making of the Permissive Society. New Have, 2010. Chapter 1.
10. Sexual Revolution in Paris
Julian Jackson, Living in Arcadia: Homosexuality, Politics, and Morality in France from the Liberation to AIDS (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009), 172-194.
11. Decolonization and the Sexual Revolution
Todd Shepard, “Something Notably Erotic”: Politics, “Arab Men,” and Sexual Revolution in Post-decolonization France, 1962–1974." The Journal of Modern History 84, no. 1 (2012): 80-115.
12. The Politics and Economy of Sexual Pleasure
Ellen Furlough, “Packaging Pleasures: Club Méditerranée and French Consumer Culture, 1950-1968,” French Historical Studies 18:1 (1993): 65-81.
13. From the Sexual Revolution to MeToo
Stavroula Pipyrou, “#MeToo is Little More than Mob Rule//vs//# MeToo is a Legitimate Form of Social Justice,” HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 8:3 (2018): 415-419.
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 80 %
Active Participation / Team Assignment 20 %
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