Course Catalog - 2021-2022

     

ANTH 354 - DISABILITY AND GENDERED BODIES

Long Title: ILLNESS, DISABILITY, AND THE GENDERED BODY
Department: Anthropology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: This course draws on critical disability studies and medical anthropology to explore how gender and sexuality matter in contexts of illness and disability across a range of institutional, social, and national contexts. We pay particular attention to the ways illness and disability expose, disturb, or retrench normative arrangements of gender. Cross-list: SWGS 353, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 554. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 354 if student has credit for ANTH 554.