WSTD 104 - Sociology of Sex:Comparative Approach

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University of Pennsylvania

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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Collins. Social scientists have argued that sexuality is not an unchanging biological reality or universal natural force, but a cultural construct, shaped by economical, social, and political processes and therefore, like society itself, historical, that is, variable in both time and space. This seminar follows this approcach by exploring cultural construction of sexuality as it evolved from Greek antiquity to contemporary U.S.A., and its relationship to gender, class, political hierarchies, religion, ideology, and science. How have the meanings of sexualtiy, codes of sexual regulation and sexual politics have varied over time with changing circumstances

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

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(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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