2020f-apsoci4310a-03

AP/SOCI4310 3.0 A: Culture, Health and Power

Offered by: SOCI


 Session

Fall 2020

 Term

F

Format

BLEN (Blended online and classroom)

Instructor

Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite

Analyses health as a distinctively modern political value and examines its social and cultural effects. Investigates relations between health and social power by examining cultural representations of health and the social effects of local, national and global health governance. Possible topics include health, fitness and consumer culture (Bourdieu), global health and capital (Hardt and Negri), and biopolitics and genetic medicine (Foucault). Prerequisite: Students must have successfully completed 84 credits.


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