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Teaching Bodies and Embodiment

How do we make the theoretical tangible and personal? How do we show the expectations of a gendered being? How do we interrogate embodiment and the expectations beset on bodies? How do we understand our bodies as archives of the … Continue reading

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“the all too-real, imaginary narrative of sex and race”

Today in my #rest320 (Gender in Global Religions), I am teaching Donna Haraway’s “‘Gender’ for the Marxist Dictionary: The Sexual Politics of a Word” (1991).* The article provides a theoretical introduction to the complexity of “gender” as a term of … Continue reading

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Methods and Monsters, Oh My!:This Week’s Reading (June 13-17)

Alright, folks, this is my attempt at a semi-regular weekly post to let you know what I reading this week, and perhaps, to encourage some of you to read along with me. I’ll provide a short lists of the articles … Continue reading

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What the Foucault (Do We Know)?: FSU Grad Symposium Redux

As I am still recovering from a whirlwind weekend at Florida State University’s Tenth Annual Graduate Symposium, I wanted to note how much I enjoyed my time this weekend and what a boon this conference is to religious studies graduate … Continue reading

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