| source Johns Hopkins University (X) |
level Upper Level Undergraduate (7) Lower Level Undergraduate (6) Independent Academic Work (2) Graduate (1) |
department Women, Gender, and Sexuality (X) |
Is every crime forgivable? Does faith have to be sincere and spontaneous? Is money real? Is it possible to plan for a catastrophe? With these questions in mind we invite you to an exploration of anthropology. We will draw upon the archives of the discipline to provide you historical, ethnographic and comparative perspectives on law, religion, money and the environment. Cross-listed with Humanities Center, WGS, PLAS
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From embodiment, inscription, affect, and efficacy, the body has had multiple lives within anthropological thought. This seminar will consider how the body has been explored in anthropological texts and social theory. We will consider the relationships between body and language; embodiment, care, and ethics; and try to delineate together an unconventional genealogy of the body in anthropological accounts. Cross-listed with WGS, Public Health Studies
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For/giving? Anthropologies (Mauss, Sahlins) and philosophies (Derrida, Marion, Nancy) of the gift. Theories of justice: Rawls and the debates on community, liberal rights and utilitarianism. Cross-listed with Political Science, WGS, PLAS
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This course examines issues of sexuality, marriage, and celibacy in the Western Christian World. Deanâs Teaching Fellowship
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Continuing themes include history of emotions; varieties of family life as conditioned by race, ethnicity, and class; gender equality/inequality; politics of sexuality. Two special topics are: intermarriage (aka, social regulation of love and race/ethnicity) and 20th century consumer culture. Course focuses on early America through the mid-19th century, but we also discuss contemporary debates about gay marriage and new technologies of reproduction. Cross-listed with Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
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This course will examine women's role in early modern European medicine through the reading of early modern medical texts written for or by women. The course is meant for students interested in women's history, the history of medicine, European history. Cross-listed with History
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Prereq: 180.102
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From Greek tragedy to Balinese theatre, Antonin Artaud revisits performance through the ritual and emotional experience of physical action on the stage. Hence, the actorâs body operates as a bridge relating traditional forms of expression to theatrical performance, as well as a creative â and sensitive â source of emotions. This vehicle becomes in the hands of some 20th century practitioners an object of experimentation, initiating the concepts and practices of an Anthropology of the Theater: Artaudâs âTheater of Crueltyâ caused a scandal. A thorough study of his works, travels and turbulent life, reveals not only the philosophy of his theatrical approach, but also the way his revolutionary theories influenced theater practice in France and worldwide.
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The course will examine Freud's writings from a two-fold perspective: On the one hand, we will analyze the contributions of psychoanalysis to modern thought. Lining himself up with Copernicus and Darwin, Freud considers his concept of the "unconscious" a further insult to mankind's narcissism and revolution of thought. In this respect, psychoanalysis affects a vast array of concepts of modern thought such as subject, language, sexuality, morality, culture, history, religion and art which we will discuss alongside with key terms of psychoanalysis (unconscious, repetition, transference etc.). On the other hand, the course will address the specific relation between psychoanalysis and literature. Throughout Freud's writings, literature enjoys vivid interest. Not only are psychoanalytic concepts (e.g. Oedipus complex, narcissism, the uncanny) crucially informed by literary texts, but also Freud's "Interpretation of Dreams" proves to be a theory of representation and reading. We will investigate the ways in which literature and psychoanalysis are involved with each other considering narrative forms, performative aspects and aspects of the genre (novel, novella). Readings and discussions in English.
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Pre-registration only. Limited to Juniors & Seniors with PBS, Neuroscience, Public Health, Behaviorial Biology, and Biology majors, or Juniors and Seniors with PBS or Women's Studies minors. Perm. Req'd. Pre-registration will be held on 11/9/09 at 9:00am in Ames 140. This course will examine the historical and current theories of sexual orientation and sexual variation development by examining the biological, psychological and social contributing factors that influence the development of sexual orientations and variations along with treatment and modification of problematic sexual behaviors. Cross-listed with Psychological & Brain Sciences and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
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The comedy and musical comedy film flourished in the US during the Depression as well as in the USSR during the Stalinist purges. Course examines films of this era in light of theoretical works on spectatorship, ethics, gender and politics (including Benjamin, Krakauer, Cavell). Cross-listed with Film and Media Studies and Women and Gender Studies
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Cross-listed with Humanities Center
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This course focuses on the relationship between gender and conceptions of âthe peopleâ. It aims to make discernible the heteronormative narrative of the family in the political traditions of conceiving âthe peopleâ by tracing this narrative from its foundations in Greek thought to the contemporary field of liberalism and its alternatives. Texts include Sophoclesâ Antigone and Platoâs Republic, Rousseauâs Social Contract, Hegelâs Philosophy of Right and Wendy Brownâs States of Injury.
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Cross-list with Anthropology
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