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Dec 11, 2024
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College Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ANTH 049B. Comparative Perspectives on the Body
This class explores how different societies regulate, discipline, and shape the human body. In the first part, we examine theories of the body and how they have evolved over time. In the second part, we focus on in-depth ethnographic cases and compare diverse cultural practices that range from the seemingly traditional practices, such as circumcision, foot binding, and veiling to the currently fashionable, such as piercing, tattooing, dieting, and plastic surgery. By comparing body modification through space and time, we ask questions such as: Is contemporary anorexia similar to wearing the corset during the 19th century? Is female circumcision different from breast implants? Furthermore, we investigate how embodiment shapes personal and collective identities (especially gender identities) and vice versa.
Eligible for GSST or INTP credit.
1 credit.
Spring 2015. Ghannam.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/sociology-anthropology
Sociology and Anthropology
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