GWS 262

Health Care is a Human Right

Constructions of Gender, Race, Health, and Human Rights. 3 hours. Heading link

Course Description

Explores issues at the intersections of gender, race, and sexuality through the lens of health in both U.S. and non-U.S. contexts. Course Information: Prerequisite(s): GWS 101 or GWS 102; and sophomore standing or above; or consent of the instructor. Individual and Society course, and World Cultures course.

Past Texts

Zola Maseko, Life and Times of Sara Baartman

Ana Maria Garcia, La Operacion

Amritha Pande, “At Least I Am Not Sleeping With Anyone”

Jennifer Brier, Infectious Ideas: U.S. Political Responses to the AIDS Crisis