Gender, Sexuality & the Body

  Summary of Important Theoretical Perspectives (in History) summary video Marcel Mauss: "Techniques of the Body" there is no such thing as "natural" behavior, the body is controlled by culture Individuals learn to move their bodies in certain ways through the  techniques  espoused by culture. (the body is culturally controlled) The resulting ways of using the body are called  habits  (Bourdieu) every kind of action carries the imprint of this learning-feeding, washing, repose, movement, and above all SEX(and morality) habitus is learned through a system of education (imitation, direct instruction) always from a person who is considered expert and has authority a technique is an action which is  effective  and  traditional   the body is man's first and most natural instrument Mary Douglas: "The Two Bodies" (1978) There are two bodies: the  physical  and the  social the body is always treated as an image of society-there is no n...

  Consciousness (Merleau-Ponty) the  body-subject  as an alternative to the Cartesian "cogito." Consciousness, the world, and the human body as a perceiving thing are intricately intertwined and mutually  engaged . (This is very different from Butler, as we shall see). The world and the sense of self are emergent phenomena in an ongoing  becoming. This becoming process is the result of  being-in-the-world , which creates a tacit (unconscious, automatic) observation of objects around us based on cumulative experiences. Phenomonology :  the experience one has in their lived body. Rehabituation :  how experience is changed when one learns new ways of making sense of and using their bodies Kinestesia : (Maxine Sheets Johnstone) not an object of consciousness or perception, but more accurately a “felt unfolding dynamic” Knowing where your body is in space all at once. Something that athletes possess.  Movement and attention to movement can produce...

ANTH 3325: "Gender, Sexuality & the Body" Spring 2022 The Body as Battleground and Aesthetic Required Meeting Times: M/W 10:30-12:20  Room: AC Campus room #311 Professor: Laurie Greene Contact: Cell- 609.214.6596 (text unless emergency)               Email: Laurie.Greene@stockton.edu TEXTS:  (1) Weitz, Rose and Samantha Kwan. (2014). The Politics of Women's Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance and Behavior. (Oxford University Press). (2) Greene, L.  (2020)  Drag Queens and Beauty Queens . (Rutgers) (3) Articles linked on Syllabus (see below) TOOLS:   FlipGrid Invitation SUBMISSION OF WORK: All written work must be submitted via email to:           LAURIE.GREENE@STOCKTON.EDU (Please make sure that you put " anth3325 " in the subject line of your email. Always SAVE a copy of your original work, and the original sent email for your records. I return written work within a week. If you do not get graded w...