ClassInfo - Spring 2019 Cultural Stdy/Comparative Lit Classes

Spring 2019 | CSCL 3351W Section 001: The Body and the Politics of Representation (54547)

Instructor(s): Matthew Hadley
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

01/22/2019 - 02/01/2019

Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM

UMTC, East Bank

Peik Gymnasium G55

02/04/2019 - 05/06/2019

Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM

UMTC, East Bank

Armory Building 116
Enrollment Status:: Open (64 of 68 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2023
(Tentative) Spring 2022

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. (previously 3458W)
Class Notes:: This course was previously listed as CSCL 3458W under the same title. CSCL 3458W and CSCL 3351W are equivalent.
Class Description:: We represent bodies all the time in ads, movies, paintings, on tv, on Instagram and Snapchat. So, what's the big deal? And how is that political? Come find out. This class will tackle some big questions about the body: What is a body? What is a human body? How has philosophy, science, and art conceived of and represented bodies? How do our minds relate to our own bodies? Are we all really just machines being controlled by a soul, or is the body something else that we have yet to understand?
Who Should Take This Class?:: This course is for students who are prepared to think deeply and concertedly about the history of the body, and about how our conceptions of bodies relate to our lives today.
Class Format:: 30% Lecture 40% discussion 30% learning activities
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54547/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 14 November 2018

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