RELIGION 1553 - Gender, Discipline, and the Body in American Christianity

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

This course explores the modern historical evolution of bodily disciplines, focusing on the linkages between Christian devotion and practices of stringent self-denial (e.g., dietary or sexual abstinence) in American culture. We will attend closely to gender, race, and class, considering how these practices have helped shape perceptions and experiences of femininity and masculinity, whiteness and blackness, beauty, and morality. Assigned texts include readings on fasting, phrenology, chastity, eugenics, corporal punishment, contraception, dieting, and plastic surgery.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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