HIST 4095 - The Body and State in Modern Britain

Meets with HIST 6095. Explore the relationship between the bodies of different types of citizens and the British state. It begins with the 1832 British Anatomy Act, which allowed for dissection of the poor, and ends with the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948. Paying close attention to issues of gender, sexuality, class, race, and ethnicity, this course examines both governmental policies for managing, disciplining, and providing for the bodies of citizens, and the reaction of the public to these methods.