Sociology of the Body
4:10pm–6:00pm
MILSTEIN CENTER MLC 113
Barnard
Seat data provenance: Directory as of August 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Description
This seminar examines the ways in which the body is discursively constituted, and itself serves as the substratum for social life. Key questions include: How are distinctions made between normal and pathological bodies, and between the psychic and somatic realms? How do historical forces shape bodily experience? How do bodies that are racialized, gendered, and classed offer resistance to social categorization?
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Flat map — motion reduced
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- 4 credits
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