Embodied Subjects

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This course uses an intersectional approach to embodiment that attends to how constructions of class, debility, disability, frailty, gender, race, sexuality, and other social differences come to figure in experiences and understandings of the body. We think about bodies as sites not only of social inscription but also of agency and possibility and highlight feminist and crip activism. What is embodiment? What is a subject? How are subjects embodied? What are the implications of embodied subjectivity? Why are some humans perceived as more embodied than others and how do the above constructions affect those perceptions? Cross-listed: DIS-3006(3). Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and DIS-3006. Requisite Courses: WGS-2333 or DIS-2100 or permission of WGS Chair or DS Coordinator or instructor [prerequisite(s)].