This blog is created by students from Clemson University's spring 2009 course Women's Studies 459 - "Building Bodies: Women's Bodies in Theory and Practice." This class explores the construction of bodies from various methodological perspectives, focusing on five specific areas: theories of bodies; bodies and genders and sexes; “misbehaving” bodies; politics of bodies; and constructing bodies. We welcome comments and contributions to our posts and discussions.

30 March 2009

Bodies Exhibit

Hey y'all! I don't know if any of you have ever checked this out or not but it's SO WEIRD (or cool...but I don't know). The bodies exhibit is full of bodies that have been "meticulously dissected and preserved" as they put it. I did not actually go the first time but I have a good friend who is hoping to go into medicine in some form who loved it. We were just talking about it and she said that nothing really "got" her in the exhibit until she came to the body of a pregnant woman. It was the first body that made it connect in her mind that these were human bodies. I just don't know how I feel about this exhibit; it seems to be detracting from the sanctity of the body. I don't know why this is so extreme in my mind though; I mean, we put our bodies on display when they are alive and medical students use them (some of them, anyways) when we have passed on to learn more about the body. But to be put on display for all of the public to come and view? That just struck me as being quite strange. Just thought I'd share the link though because I've heard that it's an interesting exhibit!

Bodies Exhibit in Atlanta Info

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