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SOCL19081 The Body Sexuality and Society

Course details

This course introduces students to a branch of sociology that has seen rapid theoretical and empirical growth over the past 10 years. It examines some of the new methodologies and theories for understanding the gendered and sexual dimensions of the body in its different contexts- health and fitness, illness and disability, identity formation, ageing, sport, entertainment, politics and work. Specifically, it considers how bodies and sexualities have been socially constructed and reconstructed, critically discusses the social structures and processes which generate identities, and the relative strengths of some contemporary sociological frameworks for the analysis of the body and sexualities.


Course at a glance
Career: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Requisites: SOCL11055 Introduction to Sociology And SOCL11056 Australian Society
Student Contribution Band: 1
EFTSL: 0.12500
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2011 Term Two FLEX MKY ROK
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