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From conception and birth to the disposal of the dead, human bodies are relationally composed (and decomposed). Our bodies are profoundly shaped by interactions with other humans, with a variety of social, cultural, and technological systems, and with a host of other species. This unit explores a range of conceptual approaches to bodies/embodiment, giving students new tools for cultural analysis. It engages with diverse empirical sites: from reproductive technologies to shifting approaches to taking care of the dead; from technologically augmented bodies to uploaded intelligences; from interventions in the human microbiome to the inequitable distribution of the toxins we carry within us.
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| Academic unit | Gender and Cultural Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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