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Discusses 18th-century author Françoise de Graffigny's important novel (Lettres d'une Péruvienne), focusing on the form of the letters in the novel, which are constructed first in quipos (a peruvian form of communication involving knotted cords), and…

A graduate seminar on Sade and feminism.

Argues that Sade undermines hierarchical distinctions which, according to Gallop, are the foundations of Western philosophy. In his works, Sade deconstructs sexual hierarchies and conventions, gender binarism, as well as the distinction between…

This senior seminar Health, Sex, and Feminism in the Trans-Pacific World explores issues of gender, sexuality, and health/illness in the contexts of nation states, colonialism, and post-colonialism, with a focus on four pertinent areas of conflict…

A ground-breaking consideration of the social history of gender in the Enlightenment. As well as an invaluable source on the social history of the Enlightenment overll, this study gave rise to a meaningful and revaling debate about the lack of…