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Seminar
WiSe 23/24: Shaping the body in a global age
Sebastian Conrad
Kommentar
Since the late nineteenth century, in many societies the body has increasingly become a site where subjectivities are produced and social inequalities negotiated. Some commentators have spoken of an “age of beauty,” in which bodies – now increasingly malleable – have become a key marker of identity. In this seminar, we will look at the ways in which notions of bodily beauty have changed over time, and explore the work that strategies of beautification, and the discussions surrounding them, have played. Through case studies on topics like body building, beauty contests, the cosmetic industry, cosmetic surgery, and others, and by employing a global history approach, we will address questions like the following: How were bodily practices and individual desires related to large-scale social and economic transformations? How is bodily appearance connected to power and inequality? Whose beauty is it in the first place? Who sets the standards in the global marketplace? How have notions, and practices, of beauty changed in our globalized world? Schließen
16 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
Mo, 16.10.2023 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 23.10.2023 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 30.10.2023 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 06.11.2023 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 13.11.2023 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 20.11.2023 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 27.11.2023 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 04.12.2023 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 11.12.2023 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 18.12.2023 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 08.01.2024 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 15.01.2024 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 22.01.2024 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 29.01.2024 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 05.02.2024 10:00 - 12:00
Mo, 12.02.2024 10:00 - 12:00