Contemporary Literature: The Body

In recent years, the human body has been rethought by science, philosophy, and art. Postmodernist views no longer see the body as something “natural,” instead viewing it as a place of intersection between various forms of cultural discourse, like media, medicine, morals, materialism. This course will examine the body as a cultural artifact produced by language, how the ideals of our society are written on and through the body, and the body’s changing boundaries precipitated through emerging technologies.

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