HIST 465 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sexual Politics, Intersectionality, Separate Spheres

• School: Queen's University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 465
• Professor: Brittney Anne Bos

Document Summary

Hist 465 seminar 4 monday october 3, 2016. Bi(cid:396)th of (cid:862)the natio(cid:374)(cid:863) enlightenment, gender roles, and revolution. Philosophical, intellectual movement starting before the french revolution, applied during the. Occurred in france; affected western and northern europe. From the enlightenment came: concept of humanism; focus on math/science; questioning religion esp catholic church; new ideas about nationhood and citizens; expansion of gender roles, clearer definitions of gender roles. Ideas of gender less up for debate, more set in place: definitions of race change a lot during this period, men without women, redefining masculinity; shows how masculinity can be adapted and changed, ge(cid:374)de(cid:396) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:858)(cid:373)olded(cid:859) Intersectionality of gender/race: ambiguous begins, role of women, female intellectuals example of corinne. I(cid:374)telle(cid:272)tual wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:374)ot (cid:395)uite see(cid:374) as (cid:862)wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:863: sexual politics in the enlightenment. Rousseau mainly writing for upper class white audience. Enlightenment writers are writing for white people, but also upper class people.