GWS129
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GWS 129 - Bodies and Boundaries
Formerly Known As
Women's Studies 129
Course Title
Bodies and Boundaries
Course Description
Examines gender and embodiment in interdisciplinary transnational perspective. The human body as both a source of pleasure and as a site of coercion, which expresses individuality and reflects social worlds. Looks at bodies as gendered, raced, disabled/able-bodied, young or old, rich or poor, fat or thin, commodity or inalienable. Considers masculinity, women's bodies, sexuality, sports, clothing, bodies constrained, in leisure, at work, in nation-building, at war, and as feminist theory.
Minimum
4
Maximum
4
Grading Basis
Default Letter Grade; P/NP Option
Method of Assessment
Written Exam
Instructors
Staff
Breadth
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Formats
Lecture
Term
Fall and Spring
Duration (in weeks)
15
Minimum Hours
3
Maximum Hours
3
Minimum Hours
9
Maximum Hours
9
Term
Summer
Duration (in weeks)
6
Minimum Hours
7.5
Maximum Hours
7.5
Minimum Hours
22.5
Maximum Hours
22.5