Fall 2024 First-Year Writing (Barnard) BC1108 section 001

The Body as Border

THE BODY AS BORDER

Call Number 00199
Day & Time
Location
TR 1:10pm-2:25pm
404 Barnard Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Pass/Fail
Approvals Required None
Instructor Wendy C Schor-Haim
Type LECTURE
Course Description

In our course, we'll examine the legacy of the body as a boundary that defines and separates categories like self and other, sanctioned and forbidden, and male and female. How and why has the body become the site of difference and distinction? What happens when a body crosses boundaries and collapses categories -- what is threatened, what made possible? Readings will likely include John Milton's Paradise Lost, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Nella Larsen's Passing, Akwaeke Emezi's "Who is Like God?", and essays and articles by scholars including Susan Stryker, bell hooks, Judith Butler, and Jeffrey Jerome Cohen.

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Department First-Year Writing @Barnard
Enrollment 15 students (15 max) as of 11:06AM Friday, December 6, 2024
Subject First-Year Writing (Barnard)
Number BC1108
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Open To Barnard College
Section key 20243FYWB1108X001