2021w-aphist3835m-03

AP/HIST3835 3.0 M: Dressing Up in North America

Offered by: HIST


 Session

Winter 2021

 Term

W

Format

LECT

Instructor

Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite

This course explores how fashion, costumes and uniforms emerged as sites of identity formation and resistance to social norms in twentieth century North America. The course explores social movements such as early twentieth-century women's dress reform, the Zoot-suit riots of the 1940s, hippies and 1960s counter-culture, drag performances as sites of queer and trans activism, and hip-hop fashion as anti-racist activism.


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