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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 Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson 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 Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 05:00PM - 06:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson 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

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