Reproductive Politics (FYS)
AMST 115F
Fall 2021
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01
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This course explores the history and current status of reproductive politics in the United States. By prioritizing issues of difference, including race, gender, sexuality, disability, and class, the course will consider how scientific and bioethical concerns intersect with matters of cultural ideology and social control. Issues covered will include: the history and legacy of the birth control movement; the ideological construction of "infancy"; changing attitudes towards pregnancy and childbirth; gendered and racialized conceptions of parenthood; abortion rights; the fetal personhood debates; the regulation of pregnancy within incarcerated and institutionalized settings; genetic engineering; reproductive justice; and so on. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Samples of excerpted works:
Melinda Cooper, THE OOCYTE ECONOMY: THE CHANGING MEANING OF HUMAN EGGS
Dorothy Roberts: KILLING THE BLACK BODY: RACE, REPRODUCTION, AND THE MEANING OF LIBERTY
Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger, REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: AN INTRODUCTION
Viviana Zelizer, PRICING THE PRICELESS CHILD: THE CHANGING SOCIAL VALUE OF CHILDREN
Jill Lepore, THE MANSION OF HAPPINESS: A HISTORY OF LIFE AND DEATH
Joan B. Wolf, IS BREAST BEST? TAKING ON THE BREASTFEEDING EXPERTS AND THE NEW HIGH STAKES OF MOTHERHOOD
Julian Gill-Peterson, HISTORIES OF THE TRANSGENDER CHILD
Modhumita Roy and Mary Thompson, eds., THE POLITICS OF REPRODUCTION: ADOPTION, ABORTION, AND SURROGACY IN THE AGE OF NEOLIBERALISM
Laura Harrison, BROWN BODIES, WHITE BABIES: THE POLITICS OF CROSS-RACIAL SURROGACY
Robert Darby, A SURGICAL TEMPTATION: THE DEMONIZATION OF THE FORESKIN AND THE RISE OF CIRCUMCISION
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly Moodle posts; short presentation; short response paper; final paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Glick,Megan H. Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: SCIE405; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 12 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 3 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 7 |
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