Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
6504BEASOC-JAN-PAR
Aims
1. To evaluate different theoretical perspectives on gender, sexuality and the body.
2. To critically analyse normative ideas concerning body image, beauty, gender and sexuality.
3. To explore how the body is regulated in society by laws and social norms, and how these are resisted and challenged.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically evaluate a range of theoretical perspectives on gender, sexuality and the body.
2.
Synthesis material from different sources in order to examine a contemporary issue on gender and sexuality.
3.
Critically analyse a particular text, relating it to the overall module themes.
4.
Further develop digital and IT skills.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:An indicative range of topics studied includes:
Sexual identities and gender diversity
Queer, transgender and feminist theories
Body Modification
Media, Body Image and the Beauty Myth
Gender based violence
Sex work debates
Additional Information:The module explores sociological and feminist debates around the body, gender and sexuality. It engages with ideas which challenge the normative representations and ‘taken for granted ideas’ around body shape and image, gender and sexualities. It covers topics such as body modification, beauty, pornography, sex work, trans* identities and violences against the body.