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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Fall 2020 |
| Registration ID | WRPRH118A001 |
| Course Title | Portraits of Disability and Difference |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Visual Studies |
| Instructor | Lindgren,Kristin A. |
| Times and Days | MTh 02:30pm-04:00pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1271 Rosemarie Garland-Thomson writes that "staring is an interrogative gesture that asks whats going on and demands the story. The eyes hang on, working to recognize what seems illegible, order what seems unruly, know what seems strange." In this seminar we will explore visual and literary portraits and self-portraits of bodies marked by difference, bodies that often elicit stares. We will ask: What kinds of stories are told about these bodies? How do memoirs and self-portraits by people with disabilities draw on and challenge traditions of life writing and portraiture? How does this work enlarge cultural and aesthetic views of embodiment, disability, and difference? Open only to first-year students as assigned by the Director of College writing.; Enrollment Limit: 12 First Year Writing (; Hav: FW) |
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