This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care. Cross-listed with Public Health Studies
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This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care. Cross-listed with Public Health Studies
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Latin American development will be analyzed as a historical process that is driven by intertwined internal socio-economic factors and constraint by the world economy. The inclusion of these countries in the world economy since the colonial times fostered the formation of outward oriented economies based on primary export commodities. After a short period of inward-oriented development, the new global order fostered a reorientation of the national economies towards global markets. The new developmental model led to downsizing of the state, and the reconfiguration of social structures. The course will focus on the analysis of the economic developmental patterns starting in the middle of the 19th century. Finally, in the second half of the semester, we will analyze in depth the contemporary neoliberal approach to development. Globalization is the force that drives economic, social and political processes in Latin America. The course will include case studies as well the social conflicts generated by the increasing polarization of the society. Cross-listed with Program in Latin American Studies
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An introduction to the performing arts, including an overview of theatre history, acting styles and the interaction of art and society. A personal view from inside.
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An introduction to the fundamentals of acting through exercises, improvisation and work on scenes from established plays, based on the teachings of Stanislavsky, Greet, Boleslavsky, Michael Chekhov, Clurman and Meisner. This course also includes a brief survey of major playwrights. Plays will be read, analyzed, and employed in scene work. Prequisite Audition Required
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An introduction to the fundamentals of acting through exercises, improvisation and work on scenes from established plays, based on the teachings of Stanislavsky, Greet, Boleslavsky, Michael Chekhov, Clurman and Meisner. This course also includes a brief survey of major playwrights. Plays will be read, analyzed, and employed in scene work. Prequisite Audition Required
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The Sanford Meisner repetition exercises are explored in detail. They form the basis of Workshop II. The Uta Hagen exercises are also pursued. As in Workshop I, the principal classroom activities will consist of scene work, exercises, lectures, and discussion. Some rehearsal will also take place during school hours. It is expected that substantial out-of-class time be spent on rehearsals and exercises.
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The techniques and craft of following a Shakespearean text directly into character and action. Students will work with a selection of Shakespeare's plays--- Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, & A Comedy of Errors ---in exploring specific ways in which the power of the lines can be translated dynamically and immediately into vocal and physical performance. (Some background in the acting sequence is encouraged.).
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A hands-on approach to the technical and theoretical elements of production. Meets in the Merrick Barn Scene Shop and the Carriage House Theatre.
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Student actors, directors, and playwrights will explore their respective crafts with emphasis on process and individual artistic growth. Participants in the class will also collaborate on the creation of new material for the stage. Prereq: At least one course in Acting, Directing or Playwriting. Permission required. Contact instructor at 6-0618.
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For aspiring playwrights, dramaturgs, and literary translators, this course is a workshop opportunity in learning to adapt both dramatic and non-dramatic works into fresh versions for the stage. Students with ability in foreign languages and literatures are encouraged to explore translation of drama as well as adaptation of foreign language fiction in English. Fiction, classical dramas, folk and fairy tales, independent interviews, or versions of plays from foreign languages are covered.
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This course explores the wide ranging works of three giants of the modern drama that shaped, and then reshaped, the twentieth century theatre. The roots of both the conventions of todayâs theatre and contemporary innovative work lie with these writers. We will also explore putting scenes on their feet utilizing the acting approaches of Stanislavsky, Vakhtangov and Brecht. Plays include Peer Gynt, The Wild Duck, The Ghost Sonata, The Dream Play, Threepenny Opera, Mother Courage, and others, with theatre theory excerpts from Brecht and Antonin Artau.
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An exploration of the imagination and the senses using basic techniques of improvisation: exercises, conflict resolution, ensemble building, and theatre games. Texts: Spolin, Johnstone, LaBan and Feldencreis. Open to all students.
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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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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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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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