The Subordinate Male: Racism, Gendercide, and Savagery in the 20th and 21st Century

This course explores the historical development and contemporary accounts of racialized males throughout 20th and 21st century Europe and America sociology and gender theory. This course aims to analyse the relationship between savagery, racial conquest, feminism, and genocide and the fear of the racialized male. Black, Jewish, and Arab men and boys are of central concern, but various readings will explore the experiences of Armenian, Serbian, and other racial male groups exterminated and sexually assaulted genocidal and colonial events. Texts will introduce students to theories such as: Global South Masculinities, Multiple Masculinities, Social Dominance Theory, Black Male Studies, and Gendercide, to better explain the experiences and lives of racialized males oppressed by white empire. Credit Level: 10 Year Taken: Year 4 Undergraduate