Thursday March 8, 2012 10am - 11:30am (1 Hour 30 Minutes)
Workshop / Class
phyllis.rippeyoung@acadiau.ca
902-585-1431
Location: Beveridge Arts Centre, room 132
Dr. Maggie Werner will be leading a discussion related to sex and text, asking questions such as how do we talk about sex? Why do we talk about it? Why don't we talk about it? Popular culture is frequently described as being saturated with sex causing a host of social and moral problems. But if sex is a part of who we are and what we do as humans, what makes it so shameful? What are acceptable and unacceptable ways to talk about sex? And what makes them so? These questions will drive our inquiry as we attempt to speak about the unspeakable and to uncover the links between bodies, behaviors, and language.
Bio:
Dr. Maggie Werner is Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, specializing in rhetorical criticism and sexuality studies. Her work looks at various ways that identities are discursively constructed and materially enacted and the conditions under which those identities change. Dr. Werner earned her PhD from the University of Arizona and teaches writing with a focus on analysis, argumentation, and style. Her latest research analyzes the rhetoric surrounding the repeal movement for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” In addition to writing and rhetoric, Dr. Werner studies discourses of sex and the ways that language constructs who people are, what they do, and how they talk about both.
This talk is supported by the program in Women's and Gender Studies, the Department of Sociology, and the Faculty of Arts Lectureship Fund
phyllis.rippeyoung@acadiau.ca
902-585-1431
Location: Beveridge Arts Centre, room 132
Dr. Maggie Werner will be leading a discussion related to sex and text, asking questions such as how do we talk about sex? Why do we talk about it? Why don't we talk about it? Popular culture is frequently described as being saturated with sex causing a host of social and moral problems. But if sex is a part of who we are and what we do as humans, what makes it so shameful? What are acceptable and unacceptable ways to talk about sex? And what makes them so? These questions will drive our inquiry as we attempt to speak about the unspeakable and to uncover the links between bodies, behaviors, and language.
Bio:
Dr. Maggie Werner is Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, specializing in rhetorical criticism and sexuality studies. Her work looks at various ways that identities are discursively constructed and materially enacted and the conditions under which those identities change. Dr. Werner earned her PhD from the University of Arizona and teaches writing with a focus on analysis, argumentation, and style. Her latest research analyzes the rhetoric surrounding the repeal movement for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” In addition to writing and rhetoric, Dr. Werner studies discourses of sex and the ways that language constructs who people are, what they do, and how they talk about both.
This talk is supported by the program in Women's and Gender Studies, the Department of Sociology, and the Faculty of Arts Lectureship Fund
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: Free
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