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Week - 1 |
Introduction to the Course and Sociology of the Body |
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Week - 2 |
Historical Development of the Concept of the Body |
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Week - 3 |
The Social and Cultural Construction of the Body |
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Week - 4 |
Body and Power Relations: Discipline and Biopolitics |
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Week - 5 |
Body Politics and Social Control |
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Week - 6 |
The Perception of the Body and Medicalization in Modern Societies |
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Week - 7 |
Midterm Exam |
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Week - 8 |
The Re-signification of the Body within Consumer Culture |
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Week - 9 |
A Sociological Perspective on Sports and Physical Activity Practices |
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Week - 10 |
The Shaping Effects of Sports on the Body |
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Week - 11 |
Sports, Performance Expectations, and Overcoming the Body |
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Week - 12 |
Aesthetic Body Ideals and Social Pressure |
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Week - 13 |
Body, Sports, and Gender Relations |
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Week - 14 |
Final Exam |