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Anthropological perspectives on bodies and power

Julia Haß

Information for students

Modulprüfung im MA Lateinamerikastudien (SPO 2023) (Profil A): Hausarbeit (ca. 15 Seiten) oder mündliche Prüfung (ca. 20 Minuten)

Additional information / Pre-requisites

Es werden Texte auf Englisch, Spanisch und Deutsch gelesen. Unterrichtssprachen sind Spanisch und Deutsch.

Comments

This seminar deals with corporeality and power from an anthropological, gender and decolonial perspective. How power is exercised over the body through discourses and practices and how people emancipate themselves through bodily practices are central questions that accompany us during the course. Bodies are not 'neutral' surfaces: power relations are inscribed in them. In given spaces and throughout socialization, people are marked by conceptions of their identity. Social markers such as gender, sexuality or age determine how people are seen or read by others. At the same time, we assume that bodily practices can have an emancipatory potential. Through bodily and performative practices marginalized people and groups can appropriate their bodies and conquer new spaces. The course analyzes examples of corporeality, physical practices and appropriations of space from feminist studies, migration studies, sport and ethnographic practices, works with texts and audio-visual materials and considers current debates. close

Suggested reading

Adelman, Miriam (2003): „Mulheres atletas: ressignificações da corporalidade feminina”. In: Estudos Feministas, 11(2). S. 445-465. Chirix, Emma (2012): “Dos generaciones de mujeres mayas. Disciplinas corporals en el internado Instituto Indígena Nuestra Señora del Soccoro. Tesis doctoral. CIESAS. Guadalajara. Lewis, Ruth; Elizabeth Sharp; Jenni Remnant; Rhiannon Redpath (2015): „‚Safe spaces‘: Experiences of feminist women-only space”. In: Sociological Research Online, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.3781. Young, Iris Marion (2005): On Female Body Experience: ‘Throwing like a Girl’ and Other Essays. New York: Oxford University Press. close

Additional appointments

Thu, 2025-04-17 14:00 - 16:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Julia Haß