Reproductive Politics (FYS)
AMST 115F
Spring 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 113F, SISP 115F |
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: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Readings Sample of excerpted works (subject to change): Catherine Waldby, 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 Rene Almeling, GUY-NECOLOGY: THE MISSING SCIENCE OF MEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 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 Liz Montegary, FAMILIAR PERVERSIONS: THE RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND ECONOMIC POLITICS OF LGBT FAMILIES
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly short writing assignments; discussion participation; presentations; final paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
N/A |
| Instructor(s): Glick,Megan H. Times: .....F. 09:00AM-11:50AM; Location: CAMS 1; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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