Sociology of the Body

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from SOCI 3001, 3011, 3301, 3311; or permission of the Department This course provides an introduction to recent sociological thinking about the body in social, cultural, and historical contexts. Topics include a consideration of bodies as objects of discipline, as gendered and classed constructions, and as means of expression regarding race and sexuality. It examines the body as a set of experiences and institutions while paying particular attention to that which is perceived to be 'natural' and 'normal', the assumptions underlying social understandings of bodies, and the implications of those assumptions for social change. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours) (Exclusion: SOCI 4991 Sociology of the Body)