AP/GWST3547 3.0 A: Reframing Fat
Offered by: GWST
(Cross-listed to: GL/GWST3547 3.0A )
Session
Fall 2021
Term
F
Format
REMT
Instructor
Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite
Students will become familiar with feminist and post-colonialist theories of embodiment, and use them to explore how the fat body and fat phobia have been and are produced through history, through policy, and through popular culture. Note: A knowledge of feminist theory is required. A knowledge of feminist theories of the body is an asset. Prerequisite: AP/GWST 2500 6.00 or GL/GWST 2500 6.00 or AP/GWST 2510 9.0 or GL/GWST 2510 9.00 or AP/ WMST 2500 6.00 (prior to Fall 2013), GL/WMST 2500 6.00 (prior to Fall 2013) or AP/WMST 2510 9.00 (prior to Fall 2013 or GL/WMST 2510 9.00 (prior to Fall 2013). Previously offered as: AP/WMST 3547 3.00, GL/WMST 3547 3.00.
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