ALS 3255 - Marked Bodies 3 s.h.

This course examines the relationship between power and bodies. Specifically, this course will be interested in sexed, gendered, and ethno-raced bodies. The course seeks to discuss the ways oppressive inequalities, deviance, and crime are constructed around particular bodies by the use of power. It also considers the human and structural consequences of this, as manifested through oppression, privilege, and inequalities through embodiment. Discussions include a theoretical understanding of power and of violence, the inclusion/exclusion of certain bodies, the normalization/abnormalization of somebodies, the production of structures that favor and promote certain bodies and not others, old and emerging practices of body modification and sculpting, the visibility/invisibility of various body types, the relationship of our bodies to new sciences and technologies and governmental institutions including the police, legislature, and judiciary. A-E Only. Offered every two years.
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