WMST 189: Gender, Technology, and the Body

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours

Catalog page 437

Prerequisites: LGBS 001 or WMST 001 or WMST 001H

Description: Examines various technologies that alter the body. Investigates how technological interventions in the body reproduce and reshape gender ideologies in contemporary Western culture. Topics include cos- metic, sex-reassignment, and weight loss surgeries; reproductive, contraceptive, and medical technolo- gies; anti-depressants; sex toys; and body piercing. Fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.

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