Gender Studies 241HP - Feminist Health Politics

Spring
2015
01
4.00
Jacquelyne Luce
TTH 02:40PM-03:55PM
Mount Holyoke College
91656
Clapp Laboratory 206
jluce@mtholyoke.edu
91656,91633
Health is about bodies, selves and politics. We will explore a series of health topics from feminist perspectives. How do gender, sexuality, class, disability, and age influence the ways in which one perceives and experiences health and the access one has to health information and health care? Are heteronormativity, cissexism, or one's place of living related to one's health status or one's health risk? By paying close attention to the relationships between community-based narratives, activities of health networks and organizations and theory, we will develop a solid understanding of the historical, political and cultural specificities of health issues, practices, services and movements.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.