Sociology of the Body


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'Hair Matters' © NYU Press 'The Male Body' © Farrar, Strauss, & Strauss
'Sexing the Body' © Basic Books 'Policing the National Body' © South End Press
'The Politics of Women's Bodies' © Oxford University Press

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Reading List

 

 

Required Texts:
(All books are available at the bookstore and are also on reserve in the library. Additional reading are on reserve.)

Banks, Ingrid. 2000. Hair Matters: Beauty, Power and Black Women’s Consciousness. New York University Press. ISBN: 0814713378

Bordo, Susan. 1999. The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and Private. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-374-52732-6.

Fausto-Sterling, Anne. 2000. Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality. New York: Basic Books. ISBN: 0465077145.

Silliman, Jael and Anannya Bhattacharjee (Eds.). 2002. Policing the National Body: Race, Gender and Criminalization. Cambridge, MA: South End Press. ISBN 0-89608-661-7.

Weitz, Rose. 1998. The Politics of Women’s Bodies. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0195109953.

Click here for a list of Reserve Readings at the Library

 

 

Summary of Assignments and Due Dates
(all assignments are due at the beginning of class)

Sept. 5Short Essay #1 Due
Oct. 1Paper Prospectus Due
Oct. 15Take-Home Midterm Due
Nov. 7Data Presentation and Analysis Paper Due
Nov. 14Short Essay #2 Due
Nov. 21Draft Papers Due
Weeks 13-15Group Presentations and Written Self-Evaluation
(draft of presentation paper due at the class session before your presentation)
Dec. 12Final Paper Due in Class

 

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