The Body: Anthropological Perspectives
Explores “the body” with emphasis on theoretical biological and cultural anthropological approaches. Topics may include human adaptations, biocultural evolution, categorization and display of bodies; the body as a basis for metaphors, symbols, and images; individual collective (cultural, social, political) bodies; and embodied experience across the life course We interrogate assumptions of a universal human body, in particular through the study of gender, sexual, ethnic and racialized diversity, as related to both inequality and ethics. 1 unit.
1 unit — Hautzinger
Offerings
Term | Block | Title | Instructor | Location | Student Limit/Available | Updated |
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Spring 2024 | Block 5 | The Body: Anthropological Perspectives | Sarah Hautzinger | TBA | 25 / 25 | 06/07/2023 |