Section Info: FYSEM-110EL-01

Course Title: Politics of the Self
Start Date: 09/07/2022 End Date: 12/20/2022
Term: Fall Semester 2022
Description: In an era where Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are ubiquitous, self-presentation is a constant concern and practice. What are the politics of self-presentation and -cultivation, if any? Do the choices we make about diet, how to dress, where to shop, and our friends have any political valence? To what extent can these choices be thought of as a form of resistance to popular culture in an era where rebellion is marketed to us? This course will probe these questions by considering the connections among self, appearances, discipline, and the way these are dependent upon the recognition of others. Readings will include the Stoics, American transcendentalists, Rousseau, Nietzsche, and Foucault.
Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , FY - First-Year Seminar , WI - Writing-Intensive
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Ali Aslam             aaslam@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/07/2022 - 12/20/2022   Seminar   Tuesday and Thursday   10:30AM - 11:45AM   CIRU - Ciruti   109   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
None                    

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Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
FYSEM0001   First-Year Seminar   This is a First-Year Seminar.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Closed     Capacity: 5     Enrollment: 16     Available: 0     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
Title: Undrowned
Author: Gumbs, Alexis Pauline
Copyright:
Edition:
Volume:
ISBN: 9781849353977
Publisher: AK Press
Required   15.00  
Title: How To Do Nothing
Author: Odell, Jenny
Copyright:
Edition:
Volume:
ISBN: 9781612198552
Publisher: Melville
Required   17.00  
Title: Cancer Journals
Author: Lorde, Audre
Copyright:
Edition:
Volume:
ISBN: 9780143135203
Publisher: Penguin
Required   12.00  
Title: Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro
Author: Anzaluda, Gloria
Copyright:
Edition:
Volume:
ISBN: 9780822360094
Publisher: Duke UP
Required   20.00  

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.  
Copies are on order at Odyssey