TI 231-HST - Mad Women

Min Units: 3
Max Units: 3
Mother. Daughter. Wife. For generations those titles were assumed to contain the hopes and dreams of all women, and any woman who denied this was “mad” – angry or crazy. In this course, we will examine the lives and experiences of actual and fictional women designated as “mad” and consider how they have been represented in the arts and in history texts. We will start with readings of cross-cultural examples of mad women Lilith, Medea, and La Lllorna, and then narrow our focus to consider such women in U.S. history and culture. Course sources include music, film, art, poetry, and traditional history accounts. (U) Occasionally