Course Catalog - 2009-2010

     

HIST 339 - BEAUTY AND THE BODY

Long Title: BEAUTY AND THE BODY
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Class explores what bodies have meant in the West, and how those meanings have changed over time. Study how self-presentation (bodily, sartorial, cosmetic) has been used and examine what beauty ideals have been over the past centuries, and the means by which elites and ordinary people have strived to realize them. Cross-list: SWGS 339.