Technologies of Gender

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Examination of the ways in which women’s bodies are both constructed and deconstructed in post modern culture and the ethical, social, and political implications of these processes for the well-being of women. We will focus on technologies of gender, i.e., those sets of cultural practices that make the body gendered. Prerequisites: Undergraduate level THEO111 Minimum grade of D and Undergraduate level PHIL100 Minimum grade of D Course Attributes: ERS Focus Elective, Gender & Diversity Studies, Peace & Justice Studies Minor, Social Sci Elect/Integrations College of Arts & Sciences Race, Intersect, Gender & Soci