SOC 525 Lecture 5: Media - Gender, Race and Nation
Document Summary
Soc 525 - media & images of inequality. Reading : gender , race , nation by anne fausto-sterling. Whose knowledge counts: what is the broader context in which science occurs, the study and representation of the other , top down approach that imposes western standards/terms/definitions/etc. on non- western cultures, practices and beliefs. Why is her story so important? (sarah baartman: the use of science to tame the savage , the primitive , the other body. * to tame the savage body is to tame the savage nation and to know and then build the. Civilized nation: science is not neutral, science justifies the expansion of the colonial project which is so vital to nation building, however , it is important to examine the context in which science occurs . Emergence of human zoos: human zoos (also called ethnological expositions or negro villages ) were 19th and 20th century public exhibits of human beings usually in a natural or primitive state.
