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Health, Bodies, Identities - CUL260
What does it mean to be 'healthy'? This course will critically examine the relationship between the way we understand and imagine 'health' and a range of practices, institutional frameworks and ways of bodily being. Contemporary debates such as those around smoking, obesity, sexual health and mental illness will be interrogated. We will explore how categories of 'health' and 'illness' play out in ethical and political decision making. How are ideas about 'normal' or 'pathological' bodies and identities tied into concepts of 'health'? And how does the idea that 'wellness' is an individual's responsibility play out in public policy and peoples' ways of understanding and managing their own bodies?
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| When Offered: | S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day MQC1 Day - Macquarie City Campus Study Period 1, Undergraduate, Day, March to June MQC2 Day - Macquarie City Campus Study Period 2, Undergraduate, Day, July to October |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Nicole Matthews |
| Prerequisites: |
12cp |
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| Unit Type: | People unit |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies Faculty of Arts |
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