ANTH 2290 - The Health of Black Folks

Institution:

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

An interdisciplinary course analyzing the relationship between black bodies and biomedicine both historically and in the present. The course is co-taught by Norm Oliver, M.D. (UVa Department of Family Medicine), and offers political, economic, and post-structuralist lenses with which to interpret the individual and socio/cultural health and disease of African-Americans. Readings range across several disciplines including anthropology, epidemiology/public health, folklore, history, science studies, political science, sociology and literary criticism. Topics will vary and may include: HIV/AIDS; reproductive issues; prison, crime and drugs; and body size/image and obesity; the legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Trials. Cross listed as AAS 250.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.virginia.edu/

Phone Number:

(434) 924-0311

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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