ENGLISH 175 - Body Modification. Fall 2008

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Franklin and Marshall College

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A transplanted face Kidneys for sale Tongue studs The human body and its modification are big business these days and the subject of much contemporary writing. Cultural developments and scientific research have opened up new scenarios for thinking of the human body along political, social, gender, racial, sexual, even fantastic lines. Though our focus will be literary, our inquiry will extend to texts drawn from various disciplines that discuss the phenomenon of body modification and to the many and varied practices that modify bodies: tattooing, piercing, scarification, branding, body sculpting, dieting, body-building, cosmetic surgery, transsexualism, and anorexia, to name a few. Bernard

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.FANDM.EDU

Phone Number:

(717) 291-3911

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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