Bodies Out of Bounds

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What happens to bodies--and the world around them--when they refuse to stay within "normal" boundaries? Against the backdrop of fiction written over the past four decades, and within the context of contemporary theory and film, we will look at what is considered normal in various locations and by whom. When are bodies we would consider "normal" somehow not suitable? How are bodies constructed/deconstructed/reconstructed? We will think about bodies in terms of gender, especially gender as it intersects with other markers of identity, including race, gender identity and expression, dis/ability, and hybridity.