Module Descriptors
DEVIANT BODIES
SOCY50176
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Sandra Hope-Forest
Email: S.Hope-Forest@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Texts
Del LaGrace Volcano & Judith 'Jack' Halberstam (1999) The Drag King Book.
Foucault, M. (1981) The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1.
Holliday, R. and Hassard, J. (2001) Contested Bodies
Cavalluro, D. (1997) The Body for Beginners
Foucault, M. (1981) The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1.
Holliday, R. and Hassard, J. (2001) Contested Bodies
Cavalluro, D. (1997) The Body for Beginners
Module Resources
Library
OHP
TV and VCR equipment
Computers with standard University software package
Internet
OHP
TV and VCR equipment
Computers with standard University software package
Internet
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures, seminars and independent study.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Module Indicative Content
This course will consider the social and cultural construction of normal and abnormal bodies and behaviour. We will consider issues including the overt and covert regulation of the body, particularly by medical and legal institutions. We will examine polluted and polluting bodies; celebratory bodies; the creation of sexual deviance; transgressive bodies, medical technology and intervention; sick bodies and the sociology of death.