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Natures and Cultures of Bodies

GCST5902

This unit explores various approaches to embodiment in the wake of contemporary theories of biopolitics, or the politics of life. The body is approached as an object of knowledge and power, as always implicated with technologies, as an organisation of affects and a medium of experimentation. Beginning with Foucault's work on sexuality, we consider various approaches that address the changing natures and cultures of bodies. We also develop ways of accounting for the action of nonhuman actors in forms of activity in which humans participate. The unit combines theoretical reflection with case studies of bodily practices, cultures, subcultures and technologies.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Postgraduate

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 2

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: GCST5902

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes

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