HIST 840
SYLLABUS
WEEKLY DISCUSSION MATERIALS
COURSE MATERIALS

SECLUDING WALLS; SEX AND MORTALITY

Videos:

“Walled World” (article from The Guardian with animated images, 19 November 2013):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2013/nov/walls#intro

BBC: Lost Cities of South America, episode 4, Kingdom of the Desert (54:00 min.; see 0:00-6:00, 43:30-52:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSkMkPLBJ6s

Chimu 101: National Geographic (2:21 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xOs56dZu_E

Life in an Enclosed Convent (4:51 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkLt4iJ0KRU

The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall (6:25 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9fQPzZ1-hg

Worsley, Lucy. “History of the Home” (British domestic life, medieval-present day):
“3. The Bedroom” (59:01 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK6mwqw0FqQ

 

Images:

Heaven: A Gated Community
https://www.dicksonsgifts.com/popup.aspx?src=https://www.dicksonsgifts.com/images/Variant/large/MAGHB-1029.jpg

 

 

Readings:

Moore, The Prehistory of Home, Chapter 7 (“Gated Communities”), pp. 116-140

Bryson, At Home, Chapter 15 (“The Bedroom”), pp. 454-485