Syllabus and Readings
Gender, Sexuality and the Body ANTH 3325 Spring 2020 Prof. Laurie Greene Syllabus: Readings, Responsibilities and Assignments In this course, we will be exploring the human body, in particular as it relates to the expression of sex, gender and sexuality. (Though there are MANY more topics we can discuss in this course) In doing so, we will examine the body as a focus for anthropological investigation. The body is a rich site upon which practices, images, meanings, norms and cosmologies are inscribed . Furthermore, it is through the everyday experience of lived bodies (phenomenology) that power, identity, and inequality are expressed. Building upon these ideas, we will explore the body not as a skin-bound biomechanical individual, but as a dynamic, malleable and experiential entity around which society, culture and economy intersect. Course Objectives Students will understand how the MIND has been privileged in importance over the BODY in the Wes...