"The Stubborn Clutter, The Undeniable Record, The Burning, Wilful Evidence": Teaching the History of Sexuality

Authors

  • Becki L. Ross

Keywords:

Pedagogy, Sex history, Sex-positivism

Abstract

This paper addresses the thorny issues of teaching the history of sexuality from a feminist, sex-positive, anti-racist framework. The authorrelates her own pedagogical strategies in an effort to claim legitimacy for "sex history," in opposition to historians who maintain that sex has no place in the construction of the Canadian nation and its citizens.

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Author Biography

Becki L. Ross

Becki Ross holds a joint appointment in Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of British Columbia. She teaches in the areas of sex history, feminist and anti-racist theory and methods, historical sociology, and social movements. Current research passions include burlesque, striptease, queer legal reform, and postwar women's athletics at UBC.

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Published

2000-10-01

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2000): Special Issue: Feminism and Canadian History (25th anniversary volume part one)

Section

Original Research

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