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Bodies : A Digital Companion
Main Menu
Why the Body?
an introduction to the digital companion
Embodiment
key concept
Cultural Norm
key concept
Bodily Difference
key concept
Stigma
key concept
Intersectionality
key concept
Body Image
Dr. Kristin Novotny, Professor COR 240-04/05
Spectral and Invisible Bodies
Dr. Veruska Cantelli, Assistant Professor
Visibility / Invisibility / Hypervisibility
Alice Neiley, Adjunct Professor
Radical Awakening
Faith Yacubian, Assistant Professor
Paleo
Erik Shonstrom, Assistant Professor
Borderlands
Dr. Patricia DeRocher
Walking
Dr. Katheryn Wright, Associate Professor (COR-240-03)
The Posthuman
Dr. Katheryn Wright, Associate Professor
Methodologies
This page contains links to short explanations of the different methodologies used to understand bodies and embodiment.
The Body Project
overview of the common assignment
Acknowledgements
a list of contributors to 'Bodies: A Digital Companion'
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The Masks We All Wear
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Visibility / Hypervisibility / Invisibility: Introduction and Contents
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This page overviews "Bodies: Visibility / Hypervisibility / Invisibility" and provides content links and tags to readings/screenings.
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Why the Body?
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an introduction to the digital companion
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Embodiment
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Elizabeth Grosz, "Refiguring Bodies" (1994)
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A part of the first chapter of Elizabeth Grosz's first chapter in 'Volatile Bodies" where she outlines the history of mind-body dualism
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Intersectionality
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Intersectionality 101
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YouTube video by Teaching Tolerance that explains the concept of "intersectionality" in an easily-accessible way.
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Kimberlé Crenshaw, "Why Intersectionality Can't Wait"
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Washington Post opinion piece by the originator of the term "intersectionality" regarding its importance in racial justice movements.
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The Charge to Be Fair
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Roxane Gay in conversation with Ta Nehisi Coates
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Cultural Norm
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Medicalization of Racial Features
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What Stigma Feels Like
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YouTube video that focuses on mental illness and stigma.
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Bodily Difference
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Michael Omi and Howard Winant, "Racial Formations" (1994)
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An introductory book chapter that offers a critical definition of race and racial ideology. The authors distinguish between "racial consciousness" and "racial formation," arguing for the later.
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Sara Salem, "The Difference Between Difference and Diversity" (2016)
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A blog post by a professor who studies international political economy about the conceptual difference between difference and diversity.
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Peggy McIntosh, "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" (1989)
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The now-foundational essay examining the concept of white privilege. A must read that examines the intersection of race, gender, and class.
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Racial Objectification in 4 Easy Steps
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Breakdown of "The Fact of Blackness"
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Zoe Samudzi, "Who Are You and What Do You Really Know? Gaslighting and Dolezalean logic" in The New Inquiry (2017)
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A critique of transracialism and the "Dolezal phenomenon"
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"The Heart of Whiteness: Ijeoma Oluo Interviews Rachel Dolezal, the White Woman Who Identifies as Black" in The Stranger (2017)
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An in depth interview with Rachel Dolezal that explores the question of transracialism
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"Black Men and Public Space" by Brent Staples.
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Article by Brent Staples on how his black body is read in public spaces in the U.S.
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"Boys Don't Cry"
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, "Letter to My Son"
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This Atlantic article is an excerpt from Coates' 2015 book, "Between the World and Me," which won the National Book Award.
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Safety of Illusion / Illusion of Saftey
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Trigger warnings / the inevitability of triggers
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The Masks We All Wear
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Susan Bordo "Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body" in Unbearable Weight, Feminism, Western Culture and the body (1993)
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An introduction to major the implications linked to body/mind dualism
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Janice Loreck, "What Does the Male Gaze Mean, and What About a Female Gaze?"
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The “gaze” is a term that describes how viewers engage with visual media. ACCESS BY CLICKING "SOURCE"
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RM Calogero, "Objectification Theory, Self-Objectification, and Body Image"
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Article from "Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance" on the consequences of sexual objectification and self-objectification on body image.
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Nirmal Puwar, “(In)Visible Universal Bodies” in Space Invaders Race, Gender and Bodies Out of Place (2004)
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A discussion on invisibility and visibility in work spaces
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David Foster Wallace, "The Asset" (1999)
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A short story published by The New Yorker magazine, "The Asset" is the fictional first person narrative of man with a withered arm, discussing his romantic life with a therapist.
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Masks: The Face Transplants of World War 1
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Susan Bordo, "Hunger as Ideology" (1993)
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This scholarly article examines the cultural significance of media representations of hunger and thinness. The struggle for food intersects with the cultural ideal of the slim white female body.
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Lululemon Admits Plus Size Clothing is Not Part of Its 'Formula'
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Hunger is a State of Being
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Roxane Gay
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Susan Bordo, "Hunger as Ideology" (1993)
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