The Cultural Politics of HIV/AIDS
Course #: WGS 343L
Description:
This course uses feminist, queer, and critical race frameworks to interrogate the social, political, and cultural aspects of HIV/AIDS. Not merely a virus, HIV is also a set of cultural meanings tied to gender, race, nation, and the body. By focusing on political activism and cultural production (film, art, etc.) we will employ a critical humanistic approach to the epidemic that goes beyond biomedicine or epidemiology. Because a great deal of the popular and scholarly attention to the AIDS crisis has focused on white, gay, cisgender men, the course examines the politics of HIV/AIDS through an intersectional lens that takes into account how race, gender, class, nationality and so on have shaped the crisis and the experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS. Although we will focus on the cultural politics of HIV/AIDS in the United States from the time the crisis emerged in the early 1980s through today, we will also consider the pandemic in terms of US empire.
Notes:
WGS 343L and AMST 343L are the same course.
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite: One WGS course or permission of instructor
Offered in:
2024 Fall
| Section | Class Number | Schedule/Time | Instructor | Location | |
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| 01 | 4213 | TuTh 9:30 - 10:45 am |
Barcelos,Chris | McCormack M02-0404 | |
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Session:
Regular
Class Dates:
09/03/2024 - 12/13/2024
Capacity:
20
Enrolled:
19
Status:
Open
Credits:
3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites:
Pre-requisite: One WGS course or permission of instructor
Course Attributes:
United States, Humanities
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