ASAM 128 PZ - Tattoos, Piercing, and Body Adornment

This course Introduces students to various body modification practices, with particular focus on regional developments in Asia, Pacific, and America. Key issues include: identity and community formation, agency, power, and social control; colonialism and post-colonialism; cultural property and appropriation; global circulations of bodies, aesthetics, and labor.

Prerequisite(s): At least one ASAM class or one Gender/Sexuality class.

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