New course at Butler University: Gender, Race & Reproduction

Here is the working course description for a new, year-long seminar I'll be teaching at Butler this coming year. -BE

Gender, Race and Reproduction

How do individuals, families and communities share information and make decisions about reproductive health and building families? How does access to reproductive health information and health care shape opportunities for education, meaningful work and long-term well-being? How do medical institutions, corporations and nation-states construct bodies, diagnoses and treatment options to promote the reproductive health of various communities? This seminar will explore social aspects of human reproduction through the lenses of gender, race and global development. Texts from a range of disciplines will aid our examination of various aspects of reproduction including biology, culture, medicine, control of fertility, adoption, and reproductive technologies.