SOC 324 GENDER, CULTURE, AND THE BODY

An exploration of how social forces shape human bodies and bodily experiences. How do these experiences vary across cultures and over time? How are bodies controlled, disciplined, punished, or rewarded? How do gender, race, sexuality, and culture intersect with these experiences? Topics include body image, beauty, global politics of reproduction, plastic surgery, body modification, tattooing, dress, and embodied resistance.

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as GWS 324.

Prerequisite

SOC 103.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 18 students.