ANTH 243L - Rethinking The Family Staff

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University of Massachusetts-Boston

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Description:

This course analyzes the ways in which culture shapes perceptions of family. It explores the increasing medicalization of reproduction and the body, the differentially gendered notions of infertility, and the ways in which race, class, and sexual orientation affect commonly held and frequently subscribed-to beliefs about what constitutes family. Distribution II Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umb.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 287-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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