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GWS 129 - Bodies and Boundaries

Gender and Womens Studies Undergraduate CLS - College of Letters and Science

Subject

GWS

Course Number

129

Course Level

Undergraduate

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