18 classes matched your search criteria.
Fall 2017 | CSCL 3458W Section 001: The Body and the Politics of Representation (14016)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 125
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?CSCL3458W+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- In this course we will examine how the human body has been represented in literary, aesthetic, artistic, philosophical, and theoretical discourses. We will approach the problem of the ?politics of the body? by considering two basic lines of inquiry: the body as represented (in medical, anthropological, and philosophical discourse, artworks, and other cultural ?texts?) and the material body as a site of political struggle. In our investigation of these questions we will explore how the body becomes ?human? as it is sexed, gendered, racialized, and socially-classed. How do these modes of representation of individual bodies and populations become political, sites of acting and doing in the world? In addition to representation, we will also consider processes of identification and objectification: how do artworks and performance pieces subvert dominant cultural and institutional norms while also engaging in discourses? Contexts in which we will explore these issues are the laboring body under capitalism, colonialism, incarceration, feminism, human rights, and sexual identity. Students will write essays that draw from class readings but are encouraged to pursue topics or issues of their own interest. Readings include texts by Kathy Acker, Hannah Black, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Jose Munoz, Franz Fanon, Angela Davis, Silvia Federici and others.
- Exam Format:
- 50% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation - Class Format:
- 60% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14016/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2015
Fall 2017 | CSCL 3458W Section 002: The Body and the Politics of Representation (17171)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 05:00PM - 06:15PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 145
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ectrapp+CSCL3458W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- In this course we will examine how the human body has been represented in literary, aesthetic, artistic, philosophical, and theoretical discourses. We will approach the problem of the ?politics of the body? by considering two basic lines of inquiry: the body as represented (in medical, anthropological, and philosophical discourse, artworks, and other cultural ?texts?) and the material body as a site of political struggle. In our investigation of these questions we will explore how the body becomes ?human? as it is sexed, gendered, racialized, and socially-classed. How do these modes of representation of individual bodies and populations become political, sites of acting and doing in the world? In addition to representation, we will also consider processes of identification and objectification: how do artworks and performance pieces subvert dominant cultural and institutional norms while also engaging in discourses? Contexts in which we will explore these issues are the laboring body under capitalism, colonialism, incarceration, feminism, human rights, and sexual identity. Students will write essays that draw from class readings but are encouraged to pursue topics or issues of their own interest. Readings include texts by Kathy Acker, Hannah Black, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Jose Munoz, Franz Fanon, Angela Davis, Silvia Federici and others.
- Exam Format:
- 50% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation - Class Format:
- 60% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17171/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2015
Spring 2017 | CSCL 3458W Section 001: The Body and the Politics of Representation (52138)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 145
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Description:
- In this course we will examine how the human body has been represented in literary, aesthetic, artistic, philosophical, and theoretical discourses. We will approach the problem of the ?politics of the body? by considering two basic lines of inquiry: the body as represented (in medical, anthropological, and philosophical discourse, artworks, and other cultural ?texts?) and the material body as a site of political struggle. In our investigation of these questions we will explore how the body becomes ?human? as it is sexed, gendered, racialized, and socially-classed. How do these modes of representation of individual bodies and populations become political, sites of acting and doing in the world? In addition to representation, we will also consider processes of identification and objectification: how do artworks and performance pieces subvert dominant cultural and institutional norms while also engaging in discourses? Contexts in which we will explore these issues are the laboring body under capitalism, colonialism, incarceration, feminism, human rights, and sexual identity. Students will write essays that draw from class readings but are encouraged to pursue topics or issues of their own interest. Readings include texts by Kathy Acker, Hannah Black, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Jose Munoz, Franz Fanon, Angela Davis, Silvia Federici and others.
- Exam Format:
- 50% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation - Class Format:
- 60% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52138/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2015
Spring 2017 | CSCL 3458W Section 002: The Body and the Politics of Representation (52412)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 145
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Description:
- In this course we will examine how the human body has been represented in literary, aesthetic, artistic, philosophical, and theoretical discourses. We will approach the problem of the ?politics of the body? by considering two basic lines of inquiry: the body as represented (in medical, anthropological, and philosophical discourse, artworks, and other cultural ?texts?) and the material body as a site of political struggle. In our investigation of these questions we will explore how the body becomes ?human? as it is sexed, gendered, racialized, and socially-classed. How do these modes of representation of individual bodies and populations become political, sites of acting and doing in the world? In addition to representation, we will also consider processes of identification and objectification: how do artworks and performance pieces subvert dominant cultural and institutional norms while also engaging in discourses? Contexts in which we will explore these issues are the laboring body under capitalism, colonialism, incarceration, feminism, human rights, and sexual identity. Students will write essays that draw from class readings but are encouraged to pursue topics or issues of their own interest. Readings include texts by Kathy Acker, Hannah Black, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Jose Munoz, Franz Fanon, Angela Davis, Silvia Federici and others.
- Exam Format:
- 50% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation - Class Format:
- 60% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52412/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2015
Fall 2016 | CSCL 3458W Section 001: The Body and the Politics of Representation (14169)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 125
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?CSCL3458W+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course examines the social construction of the body, primarily in the West over the past two centuries. We ask: How is the human body made to mean in culture? What technologies of representation--painting, photography, graphic art, film, video, literature, music, etc.--are engaged in the production of that meaning? And: In what ways does the body then become a site of struggle for power and control? We'll consider how the sexed, gendered, racialized, socially classed body is dressed and undressed; how it is manipulated, colonized, fetishized, surveiled, policed, punished, and otherwise appropriated to ideological purpose; and how it becomes a site of desire, rebellion, conformity, etc. Readings range widely and typically include religious, philosophical, and literary texts, as well as critical theory.
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14169/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2016 | CSCL 3458W Section 002: The Body and the Politics of Representation (17752)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 335
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ectrapp+CSCL3458W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course examines the social construction of the body, primarily in the West over the past two centuries. We ask: How is the human body made to mean in culture? What technologies of representation--painting, photography, graphic art, film, video, literature, music, etc.--are engaged in the production of that meaning? And: In what ways does the body then become a site of struggle for power and control? We'll consider how the sexed, gendered, racialized, socially classed body is dressed and undressed; how it is manipulated, colonized, fetishized, surveiled, policed, punished, and otherwise appropriated to ideological purpose; and how it becomes a site of desire, rebellion, conformity, etc. Readings range widely and typically include religious, philosophical, and literary texts, as well as critical theory.
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17752/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Spring 2016 | CSCL 3458W Section 001: The Body and the Politics of Representation (58498)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 12001/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 110
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hude0011+CSCL3458W+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course examines the social construction of the body, primarily in the West over the past two centuries. We ask: How is the human body made to mean in culture? What technologies of representation--painting, photography, graphic art, film, video, literature, music, etc.--are engaged in the production of that meaning? And: In what ways does the body then become a site of struggle for power and control? We'll consider how the sexed, gendered, racialized, socially classed body is dressed and undressed; how it is manipulated, colonized, fetishized, surveiled, policed, punished, and otherwise appropriated to ideological purpose; and how it becomes a site of desire, rebellion, conformity, etc. Readings range widely and typically include religious, philosophical, and literary texts, as well as critical theory.
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58498/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Spring 2016 | CSCL 3458W Section 002: The Body and the Politics of Representation (60227)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 120
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hude0011+CSCL3458W+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course examines the social construction of the body, primarily in the West over the past two centuries. We ask: How is the human body made to mean in culture? What technologies of representation--painting, photography, graphic art, film, video, literature, music, etc.--are engaged in the production of that meaning? And: In what ways does the body then become a site of struggle for power and control? We'll consider how the sexed, gendered, racialized, socially classed body is dressed and undressed; how it is manipulated, colonized, fetishized, surveiled, policed, punished, and otherwise appropriated to ideological purpose; and how it becomes a site of desire, rebellion, conformity, etc. Readings range widely and typically include religious, philosophical, and literary texts, as well as critical theory.
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/60227/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2015 | CSCL 3458W Section 001: The Body and the Politics of Representation (11043)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 120
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ectrapp+CSCL3458W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- In this course we will examine how the human body has been represented in literary, aesthetic, artistic, philosophical, and theoretical discourses. We will approach the problem of the ?politics of the body? by considering two basic lines of inquiry: the body as represented (in medical, anthropological, and philosophical discourse, artworks, and other cultural ?texts?) and the material body as a site of political struggle. In our investigation of these questions we will explore how the body becomes ?human? as it is sexed, gendered, racialized, and socially-classed. How do these modes of representation of individual bodies and populations become political, sites of acting and doing in the world? In addition to representation, we will also consider processes of identification and objectification: how do artworks and performance pieces subvert dominant cultural and institutional norms while also engaging in discourses? Contexts in which we will explore these issues are the laboring body under capitalism, colonialism, incarceration, feminism, human rights, and sexual identity. Students will write essays that draw from class readings but are encouraged to pursue topics or issues of their own interest. Readings include texts by Kathy Acker, Hannah Black, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Jose Munoz, Franz Fanon, Angela Davis, Silvia Federici and others.
- Exam Format:
- 50% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation - Class Format:
- 60% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11043/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2015
Fall 2015 | CSCL 3458W Section 002: The Body and the Politics of Representation (25623)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Thu 06:20PM - 08:50PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 355
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ectrapp+CSCL3458W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- In this course we will examine how the human body has been represented in literary, aesthetic, artistic, philosophical, and theoretical discourses. We will approach the problem of the ?politics of the body? by considering two basic lines of inquiry: the body as represented (in medical, anthropological, and philosophical discourse, artworks, and other cultural ?texts?) and the material body as a site of political struggle. In our investigation of these questions we will explore how the body becomes ?human? as it is sexed, gendered, racialized, and socially-classed. How do these modes of representation of individual bodies and populations become political, sites of acting and doing in the world? In addition to representation, we will also consider processes of identification and objectification: how do artworks and performance pieces subvert dominant cultural and institutional norms while also engaging in discourses? Contexts in which we will explore these issues are the laboring body under capitalism, colonialism, incarceration, feminism, human rights, and sexual identity. Students will write essays that draw from class readings but are encouraged to pursue topics or issues of their own interest. Readings include texts by Kathy Acker, Hannah Black, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Jose Munoz, Franz Fanon, Angela Davis, Silvia Federici and others.
- Exam Format:
- 50% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation - Class Format:
- 60% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25623/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2015
Spring 2015 | CSCL 3458W Section 001: The Body and the Politics of Representation (59959)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 145
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Description:
- This course investigates the history of representations of the human body from the 1500s to the present. In this course we will ask: What are the roles and positions that the body has occupied in thought, philosophy, and cultural practice in the modern era--especially in the wake of European colonialism--and why have certain positions attained a privileged status over others? How has the corporeal body been shaped, formed, molded, and adorned to conform to the changing historical demands and ideals of society? What is the experience of embodiment in these given cultural contexts? We will pose these questions to a range of materials including literary texts and visual art in the form of film, photography, performance, oil paintings, and sculptures.
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59959/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 November 2014
Spring 2015 | CSCL 3458W Section 002: The Body and the Politics of Representation (68007)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 121
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Description:
- In this course we will examine the how the human body has been represented in literary, aesthetic, and theoretical discourses. We will approach the question of how the 'politics of the body' by considering two basic lines of inquiry, as laid out by Susan Bordo: the body as represented (in medical, anthropological, and philosophical discourse, artworks, and other cultural 'texts') and the material body as a site of political struggle. In our investigation of these questions we will explore how the body becomes 'human' as it is sexed, gendered, racialized, and socially-classed. How do these modes of representation of individual bodies and populations become political, as sites of acting and doing in the world? Contexts in which we explore these issues will be the laboring body under capitalism, colonialism, incarceration, feminism, human rights, and the construction of sexual identity. Readings include texts by Kathy Acker, Hannah Black, Sander Gilman, Jose Munoz, Judith Halberstam, Sigmund Freud, Elisabeth Grosz, Franz Fanon, Sara Ahmed, Angela Davis, Silvia Federici and others.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation - Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68007/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 December 2014
Fall 2014 | CSCL 3458W Section 001: The Body and the Politics of Representation (11133)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankArmory Building 202
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Description:
- How do bodies mean? Fat. Thin. Rich. Poor. Can we trace - at least in part - the (Western) historical trajectory of these meanings? Body. Soul. Truth. Error. In what representational forms have these ascriptions been made manifest over culture and time in the West, and how do they continue to shape and inform the ways in which we are bodies and the ways in which we perceive/interpret/understand/regulate them? As feminist philosopher Susan Bordo writes, "The body is not merely flesh and bone, but a surface of inscription, a locus of control, a malleable, intelligible embodiment of material culture and ideology"(1993). Following this, how do issues of gender, race, sexuality, and class figure in here? Can representations of the body ever be innocent? Good. Evil. Dirty. Clean. In this course, we will investigate the various (and nefarious) ways in which past and present Western cultures have codified the human body into socially-constructed, politically-loaded categories that work to both defer and delimit opportunities for and access to power. A history of philosophies of the body will provide a foundation for these inquiries, while sociological, semiotic, and critical theories will help us understand the complex relationships between our perceptions and presentations of the body, and the concrete, habituated ways we come to "embody" them. Over the course of fifteen weeks, we will: [1] study visual and textual representations and discourses of the body - historical and contemporary; [2] examine and theorize historical processes, materials, ideological and economic structures and systems that have gone into the (re)making of disciplined, "civilized," "habitualized" bodies; [3] explore philosophical and theoretical concepts that have shaped past and present thinking about the body itself, as well as in representation and practice; [4] engage issues of gender, race, sexuality and class as they have historically intersected and continue to intersect with ideas about and the regulation of marginalized bodies and their representation
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
10% Attendance
20% Reflection Papers - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 30-50 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
1 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11133/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 January 2014
Fall 2014 | CSCL 3458W Section 002: The Body and the Politics of Representation (34439)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 110
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Description:
- In this course we will examine the how the human body has been represented in literary, aesthetic, and theoretical discourses. We will approach the question of how the ?politics of the body? by considering two basic lines of inquiry, as laid out by Susan Bordo: the body as represented (in medical, anthropological, and philosophical discourse, artworks, and other cultural ?texts?) and the material body as a site of political struggle. In our investigation of these questions we will explore how the body becomes ?human? as it is sexed, gendered, racialized, and socially-classed. How do these modes of representation of individual bodies and populations become political, as sites of acting and doing in the world? Contexts in which we explore these issues will be the laboring body under capitalism, colonialism, incarceration, feminism, human rights, and the construction of sexual identity. Readings include texts by Kathy Acker, Hannah Black, Sander Gilman, Jose Munoz, Judith Halberstam, Sigmund Freud, Elisabeth Grosz, Franz Fanon, Sara Ahmed, Angela Davis, Silvia Federici and others.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
5% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
25% Other Evaluation - Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34439/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 December 2014
Spring 2014 | CSCL 3458W Section 001: The Body and the Politics of Representation (66832)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankAppleby Hall 219
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Description:
- When we think of politics, we often tend to imagine a realm removed from everyday life. This course will explore a very different thesis, namely, that politics begins with the concrete activities and experiences of the human body. We will focus on some of the major western philosophers of this type of politics, including Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Michel Foucault. We will pay close attention to how these thinkers represent the body, and with it, human nature, sexuality, and health. We will also look at how these views of the body appear in some contemporary films, namely American Psycho, The Brood, and Upstream Color. Our goal will be to trace a philosophical and historical anatomy of the human body as a site of political struggle. Rather than taking it to be an unchanging phenomenon of nature, this course situates the body in a broad trajectory of shifting cultural constructions. Students will be required to read an avg. of 80 pages per week, and write a minimum of 12 total pages (typed, double spaced).
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66832/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 January 2014
Spring 2014 | CSCL 3458W Section 002: The Body and the Politics of Representation (69379)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankPeik Hall 155
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Description:
- How do bodies mean? Fat. Thin. Rich. Poor. Can we trace - at least in part - the (Western) historical trajectory of these meanings? Body. Soul. Truth. Error. In what representational forms have these ascriptions been made manifest over culture and time in the West, and how do they continue to shape and inform the ways in which we are bodies and the ways in which we perceive/interpret/understand/regulate them? As feminist philosopher Susan Bordo writes, "The body is not merely flesh and bone, but a surface of inscription, a locus of control, a malleable, intelligible embodiment of material culture and ideology"(1993). Following this, how do issues of gender, race, sexuality, and class figure in here? Can representations of the body ever be innocent? Good. Evil. Dirty. Clean. In this course, we will investigate the various (and nefarious) ways in which past and present Western cultures have codified the human body into socially-constructed, politically-loaded categories that work to both defer and delimit opportunities for and access to power. A history of philosophies of the body will provide a foundation for these inquiries, while sociological, semiotic, and critical theories will help us understand the complex relationships between our perceptions and presentations of the body, and the concrete, habituated ways we come to "embody" them. Over the course of fifteen weeks, we will: [1] study visual and textual representations and discourses of the body - historical and contemporary; [2] examine and theorize historical processes, materials, ideological and economic structures and systems that have gone into the (re)making of disciplined, "civilized," "habitualized" bodies; [3] explore philosophical and theoretical concepts that have shaped past and present thinking about the body itself, as well as in representation and practice; [4] engage issues of gender, race, sexuality and class as they have historically intersected and continue to intersect with ideas about and the regulation of marginalized bodies and their representation
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
10% Attendance
20% Reflection Papers - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 30-50 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
1 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69379/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 January 2014
Fall 2013 | CSCL 3458W Section 001: The Body and the Politics of Representation (16797)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 345
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Description:
- When we think of politics, we tend to imagine a realm removed from everyday life. This course explores a very different thesis, namely, that politics begins with the concrete activities and experiences of the human body. The argument guiding our reflections will be that of the French philosopher Michel Foucault, who, in The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1, proposes a historical shift in which 'life itself' becomes the object of politics in modern times. We will work through the details of Foucault's analyses, but we will also explore more broadly what it means to reconceive politics in terms of populations and individual bodies, as well as other social groupings, such as class, gender, and race. As the title of this course suggests, we will be especially concerned with how we represent (through language, image, etc.) the body and its activities. Our operating assumption will be that representations are never neutral, that they always involve political suppositions and consequences. To cite one of the cases we will discuss, representing someone as a 'victim' of AIDS versus representing a community as 'struggling with' AIDS are very different acts. Topics we will examine in a critical fashion include: the laboring body under capitalism; the construction of sexual identity; the ways race divides and organizes national populations; reproductive rights; feminism; and the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. In exploring the political and historical complexities of the human body, we will learn how the body is a process of cultural and political experimentation.
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation - Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 80 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: The course may also include a journal component in which students respond to readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16797/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 July 2013
Spring 2013 | CSCL 3458W Section 001: The Body and the Politics of Representation (46093)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Wed 06:20PM - 08:50PMUMTC, East BankBurton Hall 123
- Course Catalog Description:
- Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica.
- Class Description:
- How do bodies mean? Fat. Thin. Rich. Poor. Can we trace - at least in part - the (Western) historical trajectory of these meanings? Body. Soul. Truth. Error. In what representational forms have these ascriptions been made manifest over culture and time in the West, and how do they continue to shape and inform the ways in which we are bodies and the ways in which we perceive/interpret/understand/regulate them? As feminist philosopher Susan Bordo writes, "The body is not merely flesh and bone, but a surface of inscription, a locus of control, a malleable, intelligible embodiment of material culture and ideology"(1993). Following this, how do issues of gender, race, sexuality, and class figure in here? Can representations of the body ever be innocent? Good. Evil. Dirty. Clean. In this course, we will investigate the various (and nefarious) ways in which past and present Western cultures have codified the human body into socially-constructed, politically-loaded categories that work to both defer and delimit opportunities for and access to power. A history of philosophies of the body will provide a foundation for these inquiries, while sociological, semiotic, and critical theories will help us understand the complex relationships between our perceptions and presentations of the body, and the concrete, habituated ways we come to "embody" them. In short, over the course of fifteen weeks, we will: [1] study visual and textual representations and discourses of the body - historical and contemporary; [2] examine and theorize historical processes, materials, ideological and economic structures and systems that have gone into the (re)making of disciplined, "civilized," "habitualized" bodies; [3] explore philosophical and theoretical concepts that have shaped past and present thinking about the body itself, as well as in representation and practice; [4] engage issues of gender, race, sexuality and class as they have historically intersected and continue to intersect with ideas about and the regulation of marginalized bodies and their representation
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 30-50 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
1 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46093/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2008
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