ANTH 2767 - Gender, Class & Reproduction

Institution:

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

This course centers attention on the interplay between gender, sexuality, class, and reproductive behavior in diverse socio-cultural contexts. The starting point are critiques from within and outside of socio-cultural anthropology (especially social history) that mainstream, positivist demography has not adequately dealt with (theoretically and methodologically) with how cross-cultural expressions and variations of gender, sexuality, and class have shaped reproductive behavior. This course will survey key works in anthropological demography, social history, and feminist demography with the objective of exploring the emergence of “whole demographies” (Kertzer) that seek to demonstrate the importance of “situating” reproductive behavior in “the sociocultural and political economic context in which it is embedded,” and that “historicize demographic analysis” by viewing historical and power-laden processes as “ingredient[s] in the making of reproduction” (Greenhalgh).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pitt.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 624-4141

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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