Course description: In this course we will study and understand the in depth analysis of how it is that women throughout history and in current times have faced a loss over their own bodies. Studying and understanding feminist texts and authors looking at the way which institutions and societal constructs have had an impact on controlling female bodies. Looking at the way which feminists and organizations have rallied and fought against those institutions.
Readings:
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- Constructive Feminism: Women’s Spaces and Women’s Rights in the American City by Daphne Spain
- Conflicting Contraceptive Norms for Men: Equal Responsibility versus Women’s Bodily Autonomy by James-Hawkins, Laurie
- Making Sense of a Changed Physical Body: Why Gender Matters at End of Life by Hilário, Ana Patrícia
GRADING:
Attendance: 5%
Homework: 20%
Papers: 65%
Project: 10%
I think your wording is so captivating, “loss over their own bodies”. I’ve always thought about social media impacting women bodies but never controlling it. This is such an interesting course, I wish it was real.