Anthropology 250 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Spring
2015
01
4.00
Suzanne Gottschang
MW 02:40-04:00
Smith College
40915-S15
SEELYE 301
szhang@smith.edu
This course uses anthropological approaches and theories to understand reproduction as a social, cultural and biological process. Drawing on cross-cultural studies of pregnancy and childbirth, new reproductive technologies, infertility and family planning, the course examines how society and culture shape biological experiences of reproduction. We also explore how anthropological studies and theories of reproduction intersect with larger questions about nature and culture, kinship and citizenship among others.
Not open to first-years
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.