SOC 525 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Comparative Anatomy, Jennifer Lopez, Wild Beasts
13 Dec 2017
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Midterm 2 weeks after reading week: 2 hours of writing for this exam. Taming the (cid:498)savage(cid:499) body western cultures, practices and beliefs. It is imp to examine the context in which science occurs body (genitals, internal body) Also a time of the emergence of human zoos. Ota benga bronz zoo 1906: sign posted his height, weight and age, sign concluded exhibited each afternoon during september. Legacy of human zoos: seattle 2007 ongoing exhibit at woodland park zoo. (cid:498)maasai journey(cid:499) includes 4 maasai men as cultural interpreters. Infantilization: eroticization, (see lecture slides for more detail) The case of caster semenya: who is she, south african middle distance runner 2009 world champ, after victory, questions were raised about her gender, was withdrawn in 2010, gender verification test, semenya had to go undergo testing. Reflection due next week 4 readings social inequality as a regulating force ii.
