Introduction

This website has been designed for use by students in the University of Wolverhampton School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences module HS2017 “Telling Our Stories: Gender, Ethnicity and Class in Twentieth-Century Britain.”

The module examines classifications of gender, ethnicity and class in twentieth-century Britain and introduces students to the theory and practice of oral history. A central theme of the course is the extent of change and continuity in the perceived reality of these classifications and the ways in which historians and social theorists have thought about gender, ethnicity and class in twentieth-century Britain.

This package introduces three key areas of the module: Black History, Women’s History and Oral History. Video clips from the Black and Ethnic Minority Experience archive support the information provided in each subject area. Users are encouraged to use the tasks as thinking points for discussion and to access the Resources link for further research.