Sex, Gender, and the Cold War

P r o f . D e P a s q u a l e

A C S 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 W ( 4 1 0 6 7 ) c o m b � n e d w � t h W S 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 W ( 4 2 9 4 6 )

S e c o n d S u m m e r S e s s � o n , O n l � n e C o u r s e

Course Description: The course would examine issues surrounding gender and sexuality in American society after

WWII. Topics examined include domesticity, consumerism and the invention of the nuclear family; McCarthyism, the Lavender

Scare and" the closet"; bombshells, bikinis, and "sex kittens"; queer femmes on screen and national identity.Contact Diana

DePasquale at dianad@bgsu.edu for more information.