Anthropology 297SR - ST-Sex, Reproduction & Culture

Spring
2020
01
3.00
Elizabeth Krause
M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
39557
Tobin Hall room 520
ekrause@umass.edu
This course explores and analyzes topics pertaining to sex, reproduction, and culture within and beyond the United States from a critical medical anthropological perspective. We center our thinking on experiences of sex and reproduction, with particular attention to reproductive justice, reproductive politics, and stratified reproduction. We learn and practice skills related to ethnographic research. Articles, films, books, and news reports will be used to discuss weekly case studies corresponding to each thematic topic. Students will develop projects and form solidarity groups of mutual interest. The course fulfills requirements for two certificates: Five College Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice (RHRJ foundational course) and the Five College Program in Culture, Health, and Science (CHS biocultural approaches category). With a 1-credit add-on, the course may also be applied toward the UMass Certificate in Civic Engagement & Public Service (CEPS).
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Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.