ASAM128 PZ - Tatoos, Piercing, and Body Adornmnet

This course Introduces students to various body modification practices, with particular focus on regional developments in Asia, Pacific, and America. Key issues include: identity and community formation, agency, power, and social control; colonialism and postcolonialism; cultural property and appropriation; global circulations of bodies, aesthetics, and labor. Prereq: At least one ASAM class or one Gender/Sexuality class.

Offered: Occasionally

Credit: 1

Course Number: ASAM128 PZ