ANTH 238 - The Vulnerable Body:Anthropological Understandings

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Wellesley College

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NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course begins with the assumption that the human body is a unit upon which collective categories are engraved. These categories can vary from social values, to religious beliefs, to feelings of national belonging, to standards of sexuality and beauty. Readings in this course will concentrate around the classic and recent attempts in the social and historical sciences to develop ways of understanding this phenomenon of ?embodiment.? We will begin with an overview of what is considered to be the ?construction? of the human body in various societies and investigate how the body has been observed, experienced, classified, modified, and sacralized in different social formatio ns. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wellesley.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 283-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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