Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE CULTURAL BODY

Department: Stdy of Women, Gender, & Sxlty

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Seminar focuses on the body and bodies (human and non-human) as not only symbolic of culture, but also as culture itself. How do physiology and social processes interact? What is the physical nature of "cultural" categories such as gender, race, class, and sexuality and (where) do we draw the line between nature and nurture? Cross-list: ANTH 356.