WGS 398 - Global Motherhood

Designed in a reproductive justice framework, Global Motherhood draws on insights from gender studies, history, cultural anthropology and medical anthropology to explore the ways in which motherhood is theorized and experienced by parents who identify as mothers in distinct cultures, countries, and centuries. In the course students will explore diverse experiences of family formation, pregnancy, birth, infant feeding, and approaches to child-rearing and meet mothers from different cultures (in person and/or via Zoom visits to the classroom) to learn about their experiences first hand. This course will be of particular interest to students in Public Health, Pre-Health, WGS, Anthropology, and Nursing.

Credits 4

Notes
This course is cross listed withANTH 398 Global Motherhood. From time to time, departments design a new course to be offered either on a one-time basis or an experimental basis before deciding whether to make it a regular part of the curriculum.

Area
Social Science

Division
Social Science

Compass Attributes
Social Sciences