History of the Body

HISTORY 5990

Do bodies have a history? Recent research suggests that they do. Historians have tapped a wide variety of sources - including vital statistics, paintings and photographs, hospital records, and sex manuals - to reconstruct changes in how humans have conceptualized and experienced their own bodies. We will pay particular attention to the intersection of European cultural history and history of medicine since 1500. This course fulfills the History major capstone requirement as an Advanced Seminar.
Course Attributes: EN H; AS HUM; AS LCD; AS SD I; FA HUM; AR HUM; CFH MH

Section 01

History of the Body
INSTRUCTOR: Treitel
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