ANTH 1223 - Gender, Nature, the Body

Institution:

Brown University

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This course is an interrogation of the ways in which gender difference comes to be conceived of as "natural" in modern science, popular science, and in popular culture. What is the connection between the science of gender difference and the colonial encounter? What are some different ways of imagining gender difference? How are gender inequalities structured and perpetuated by science and political economy? Through careful reading of historical and anthropological texts, we will learn about various ways in which gender systems are constructed and resisted, how science is used to construct gender, but also how gender politics influence scientific outcomes and practices. Case studies that we will read about include: the colonial encounter and scientific taxonomy, the medicalization of childbirth and labor, historical understandings of male-female continuities, the emerging science of sex difference and sexual orientation, gender inequality and ecological exploitation.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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