Middlebury

SOAN0230A-S18

Rethinking the Body in Japan
Please register via JAPN 0230A

Rethinking the Body in Contemporary Japan (In English)
In this course we will examine attitudes toward and tensions related to the human body in Japan. Looking at art, music, style, and social issues we will examine the symbolic as well as material concerns of bodies in contemporary Japan. Religious, historical, martial, and aesthetic understandings of bodies will be addressed. We will analyze Japan's current attitudes toward organ transplantation, treatment of the deceased, plastic surgery, surrogacy, sex change surgery and other embodied practices. Readings will include Twice Dead and Commodifying Bodies. 3 hrs. lect./ disc. (Anthropology)
Course Reference Number (CRN):
21420
Subject Code:
SOAN
Course Number:
0230
Section Identifier:
A

Course

SOAN 0230

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Spring 2018