Anthropology 213 - Anthropology of Medicine

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

GSS, Human Rights, STS An exploration of medical knowledge and practice in a variety of healing systems, focusing on the human body as the site in which illness is experienced and upon which social meanings and political actions are inscribed. The course examines the way political economic systems and the inequalities they engender-poverty, violence, discrimination-affect human well-being. Readings and films represent different ethnographic perspectives on embodied experiences of illness and bodily imagery and treatment within widely differing sociopolitical systems. Topics include biomedical constructs, body imagery, and alternative medical systems such as chiropractic and acupuncture in contemporary America; epidemic diseases such as malaria and AIDS; colonial constructions of the diseased body in sub-Saharan Africa; cosmetic medical interventions; and new medical technologies.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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