Reproductive Politics and the Family in Africa
HIST 302
Spring 2021 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 303 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: African Studies, African Studies Minor |
This course will introduce students to broad discourses and issues related to reproduction and the family in modern Africa. We will study maternal health and technologies of reproduction, but for us reproduction will be an object of historical inquiry. One of the driving questions for this course will be how reproduction has been given meaning socially. How have African societies understood abortion, infanticide, or other medical means of controlling fertility and childbirth? What has been the relationship between the family and the state? We will also examine ideas about sexuality and love, changing notions of parenthood, and what constitutes an ideal family. Finally, we will interrogate how these ideas influenced political practices and ideologies and, in turn, changed conceptions of motherhood, fatherhood, and the family. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFST-MN)(FGSS)(HIST-MN)(HIST)(HRAD-MN)(STS) |
Major Readings:
Jennifer Cole and Lynn M. Thomas, eds., LOVE IN AFRICA
Rachel R. Chapman, FAMILY SECRETS: RISKING REPRODUCTION IN CENTRAL MOZAMBIQUE
Kenda Mutongi, WORRIES OF THE HEART: WIDOWS, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY IN KENYA
Amy Kaler, RUNNING AFTER PILLS: POLITICS, GENDER, AND CONTRACEPTION IN COLONIAL ZIMBABWE
Lorelle D. Semley, MOTHER IS GOLD, FATHER IS GLASS: GENDER AND COLONIALISM IN A YORUBA TOWN
Buchi Emecheta, JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD
Additional Readings TO BE ANNOUNCED
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Examinations and Assignments:
4 Response Papers
1 Class Presentation
1 Short Paper
Final Paper |
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