Political Science 397BP - ST-The Body Politic

Open to Undergraduate Seniors & Juniors only. Non Major Jr/Sr after 11/27.
An interdisciplinary exploration of how American political and legal power is exercised upon and through the human body. Particular attention will be paid to the regulation and physical control of bodies, as well as the use of bodies in protest and resistance to state power, including through political art. While a range of topics and movements fall within this general description, during the Spring 2013 semester, we will examine most closely the politics of AIDS and reproductive health in the United States.