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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course provides an exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment in the African world and those of western bio-medicine. It examines how Afro-Atlantic religious traditions have challenged western conceptions of illness, healing, and the body and have also offered alternative notions of mora
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- postcolonial clashes
- theories of healing
- embodiment
- western
- bio-medicine
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- traditions
- illness
- healing
- body
- alternative
- morality
- rationality
- kinship
- gender
- sexuality
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This course examines Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities and culture. Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music in Japan, anime (Japanese animated films) and feature films, sports (sumo, soccer, baseball), and online communication. Emphasis
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- comics
- hip-hop
- music
- animation
- movie
- sports
- sexuality
- race
- gender
- fan communities
- culture
- manga
- pop
- popular music
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- japanese animated films
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- global culture industries
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This course focuses on a range of theories of gender in modern life. In recent years feminist scholars in a range of disciplines have challenged previously accepted notions of political theory such as the distinctions between public and private, the definitions of politics itself, the nature of citizenship, and the roles of women in civil s
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- political science
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- political theory
- modern society
- citizenship
- women
- sexuality
- race
- class
- poverty
- welfare
- power
- culture
- morality
- gender
- modern life
- feminist scholarship
- public
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- roles
- civil society
- political culture
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This course offers an introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that asks critical questions about the meaning of gender in society. The primary goal of this course is to familiarize students with key issues, questions and debates in Women's and Gender Studies scholarship, both historical and contemporary. Gender scholarship critically analyzes themes of gendered performance and power in a range of social spheres, such as law, culture, work, medicine and the family.
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- division of labor
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In this course we will examine the development of feminist theory over time. Some subjects we will examine in detail include suffrage and equality; radical feminism; psychoanalysis and feminism; theories of power; sexuality and gender; embodied knowledge; pornography; identities and global feminism; militarism; and the welfare state. Throughout the course we will analyze different ways of looking at power and political culture in modern societies, issues of race and class, poverty and welfare, sexuality and morality.
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- special programs
- feminist political thought
- equality
- suffrage
- radical feminism
- psychoanalysis
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- sexuality
- gender
- embodied knowledge
- pornography
- identity
- global feminism
- militarism
- welfare state
File: 21a-460j-spring-2005.zip
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- bio-medicine
- afro-atlantic
- traditions
- illness
- healing
- body
- alternative
- morality
- rationality
- kinship
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- sports
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- gender
- fan communities
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- manga
- pop
- popular music
- anime
- japanese animated films
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- medicine
- religion
- politics africa
- african diaspora
- colonial
- postcolonial clashes
- theories of healing
- embodiment
- western
- bio-medicine
- afro-atlantic
- traditions
- illness
- healing
- body
- alternative
- morality
- rationality
- kinship
- gender
- sexuality
- imperial
- power
- global
- health
File: 21a460srt_pap3_5.pdf
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- african diaspora
- colonial
- postcolonial clashes
- theories of healing
- embodiment
- western
- bio-medicine
- afro-atlantic
- traditions
- illness
- healing
- body
- alternative
- morality
- rationality
- kinship
- gender
- sexuality
- imperial
- power
- global
- health
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- capitalism
- comics
- hip-hop
- music
- animation
- movie
- sports
- sexuality
- race
- gender
- fan communities
- culture
- manga
- pop
- popular music
- anime
- japanese animated films
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- comics
- hip-hop
- music
- animation
- movie
- sports
- sexuality
- race
- gender
- fan communities
- culture
- manga
- pop
- popular music
- anime
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- global culture industries
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- global feminism
- militarism
- welfare state
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This OER is part of OCW: Feminist Political Thought
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- radical feminism
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- gender
- embodied knowledge
- pornography
- identity
- global feminism
- militarism
- welfare state
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- gender
- embodied knowledge
- pornography
- identity
- global feminism
- militarism
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