Motivation to Teach Social Action:
I have increasingly tried to implement community-based learning in my sociology courses. I would love to gain the practical/tangible skills and tools necessary to work social action into one or more of my 300-level electives, which are already designed for students to apply readings/discussions to their lives and passions related to social justice.
Course Description:
How has the body been gendered and sexualized historically? Whose bodies are deemed "normal" or "healthy" while some bodies become spectacle? How does gender and sexual policing affect bodily health and autonomy? How do queer and trans people navigate body regulation and stigmatization? This course explores gender, sexuality, and the body from a queer feminist sociological perspective. In this course, we will critically analyze the relationship between bodies, identity, culture, and the state, primarily in the U.S. We will collectively explore how the social construction of bodily knowledge is interwoven with inequalities related to race, class, and nation.
Taught By:
Bailey Troia
Visiting Assistant Professor
Sociology
University of Richmond
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