SOC 324 GENDER, CULTURE, AND THE BODY

An exploration of how social forces shape human bodies and bodily experiences. How do these experiences vary across cultures and over time? How are bodies controlled, disciplined, punished, or rewarded? How do gender, race, sexuality, and culture intersect with these experiences? Topics include body image, beauty, global politics of reproduction, plastic surgery, body modification, tattooing, dress, and embodied resistance.