WGST 3600 - Feminist Health Humanities

Institution:

University of Toledo

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Description:

This 15-week course will be taught from intersectional, feminist, health humanities perspectives. We will use the arts and culture in combination with humanistic social theory, to examine the following: gendered and racialized health disparities; gendered and racial constructions in the history of science/medicine; illness and disability life writing; biomedical ethics; the feminist health movement; grassroots community health organizing and feminist conceptualizations of wellbeing and radical self-care. Throughout the semester, there will be a sustained emphasis on health justice and the experiences of marginalized communities (women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, etc.). Participants will leave the course more aware of important discussions in the health humanities and more fully prepared to apply inclusive knowledge practices within majors and career paths involving "health" - broadly defined. The course fulfills core curriculum requirements for Multicultural U.S. Diversity & Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Writing Across the Curriculum; Multicultural US Diversity

Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.utoledo.edu/

Phone Number:

(419) 530-4636

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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