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GSGS 4410

The Body Migrant: Medical Anthropology

Course Description

Disciplines

Artistic, Interpretive, & Philosophical Inquiry , Science & Society

In this course, we explore what actually makes a body¿biology, flesh and bone, technology, maybe even immigration documents? We¿ll think about how medicine sees the body¿what makes us ¿healthy¿ or ¿sick¿¿as well as when concepts like race, gender, and sexuality help us understand bodies¿ and when they don¿t. 

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