BA Seminar: Body, Power, and Representation in the US Culture

General data

Course ID:	4219-ZS019
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.9 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0229) Humanities (except languages), not elsewhere classified The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	BA Seminar: Body, Power, and Representation in the US Culture
Name in Polish:	BA Seminar: Body, Power, and Representation in the US Culture (Seminarium licencjackie: Ciało, władza i reprezentacja w kulturze amerykańskiej)
Organizational unit:	American Studies Center
Course groups:	all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle - 3rd year BA Seminars
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	B.Sc. seminars obligatory courses
Short description:	The focus of this BA seminar is representation of bodies in American culture and literature. I welcome students interested in thinking about what constitutes norms, power, and representation and their links with body. We will discuss the nexus of gender, race, disability and sexuality in culture and literature and the changing images of body in the U.S. culture. My primary research areas are disability studies, mad studies, gender studies, queer theory and environmental studies.
Full description:	The focus of this BA seminar is representation of bodies in American culture and literature. I welcome students interested in thinking about what constitutes norms, power, and representation and their links with body. We will discuss the nexus of gender, race, disability and sexuality in culture and literature and the changing images of body in the U.S. culture. My primary research areas are disability studies, mad studies, gender studies, queer theory and environmental studies. We will start the semester with discussions of some examples of critical analysis of texts of culture with a focus on body, performativity, and power. Over the course of the semester students will be expected to plan their BA paper, find and evaluate potential sources, prepare a detailed outline, present their theses and findings, and write a BA paper.
Bibliography:	Texts may be subject to change - Hershini Bhana Young, Illegible Will: Coercive Spectacles of Labor in South Africa and Diaspora (selection) - Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (selection) - Margo de Mello, “Introduction to Body Studies”
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge: - Students have a knowledge of selected theoretical approaches to literary studies and cultural studies, especially in the field of body studies. - Students have in-depth knowledge of selected aspects of American culture, specifically those related to representation of body and gender. - Students have in-depth knowledge in the field of their individual research. Skills: - Students can plan and conduct research necessary to prepare a BA paper. - Students can formulate their theses and findings in writing. - Students are able to evaluate the quality and relevance of sources and document their work. Competences: - Students can present their work to their peers. - Students can offer constructive and polite feedback on the work of others. - Students can answer questions about their research projects, evaluate feedback they received, and apply relevant commentary to their work.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Pass or fail, based on the timely submission of a BA paper.

This course is not currently offered.

Course descriptions are protected by copyright.
Copyright by University of Warsaw.