Course Description

1. This course examines "health" as a site of intense moral, social and political concern for feminist theory and activism. We will explore how the "concern" for health is framed and interpreted, and for what ends. Issues that will be considered include:
   

2. •gender, race, sexuality and class in medical research
   

3. •HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases
   

4. •poverty, racism, gender and health
   

5. •environmental poisoning and health
   

6. •contemporary economic restructuring of health and social welfare
   

Prerequisites

1. This is an upper-division “senior” seminar. Students are expected to have strong critical-analysis, critical reading, and writing skills.  Prior exposure to concepts in Gender & Women’s Studies will be presumed; GWS305 “Feminist Theories” is strongly encouraged.
   

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