Spring 2027

The Body in Theory

The Body in Theory explores contemporary theories of bodies and power, intersecting with gender, race, class, disability, sexuality, and nation.

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Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2016: 3.74 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2018: 3.62 GPA, 86.5% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze how contemporary theories of the body and understand that bodies and bodily experience are shaped by biological, social, political, and cultural forces.

  • Identify the social, historical, and cultural constructedness of gender, disability, and sexual identities as well as contestations over the meanings, representations, and experiences of race, gender, disability, class, and sexuality.

  • Use critical thinking and analysis skills to connect representation of bodies, gender, and sexuality, in cultural, medical, scientific, and digital media texts.

  • Critically examine representation and cultural production through a feminist lens.

  • Synthesize course content with your individual academic research and thesis interests.

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2016: 3.74 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2018: 3.62 GPA, 86.5% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Gender, race, class, disability, sexuality, and nation
  • Biological, social, political, and cultural forces shaping bodies

Skills

  • Critical thinking and analysis of media representations
  • Feminist critique of cultural production

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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