Carleton University · WGST 2803

Body Matters: The Politics of Bodies

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Introduction to feminist studies of globalization and politics of bodies. Globalization of ideas, cultures, economics and politics, movement of bodies, bodies as spaces for disrupting norms of sex, gender, race, class, ability, sexuality, embodiment and embodied resistance in a globalized world.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
  • Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
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Introduction to feminist studies of globalization and politics of bodies. Globalization of ideas, cultures, economics and politics, movement of bodies, bodies as spaces for disrupting norms of sex, gender, race, class, ability, sexuality, embodiment and embodied resistance in a globalized world.

  • Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
  • Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

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