| Course Title: Special Topics in Anthropology: 'Anthropology of Reproduction' |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: This course focuses on the biological and cultural components of reproduction and childbirth through cross-cultural perspectives. We explore the birth process across geographies, historical trends, and recent dialogues surrounding the technocratic model of birth, to understand the changing focus of birth as a medical condition. Indigenous birthing customs and beliefs from several different cultural contexts will be considered, as well as the contemporary rates of maternal mortality facing some today. We will also investigate how access to different types of maternal, fetal, and reproductive care is politicized across different times and places. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Pamela Stone | pstone@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | CDC - Daniel L. Jones CDC | 111 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ANTHR-105. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
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| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 19 | Available: 9 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Birth In Eight Cultures Author: Davis-Floydd, Robbie Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1478637900 Publisher: Waveland Press |
Required | 24.90 |
| Title: Birth Work as Care Work: Stories from Activist Birth Communities Author: Apfel, Anna Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781629631516 Publisher: PM Press |
Required | 14.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |