ANTH 343 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women’s Health

2020-2021 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
This course explores the context of women’s lives and challenges to women’s health across cultures. This course uses theories and methods from cultural anthropology and related social and health sciences to explain both the position of women in different societies and the connection between race, class, culture and gender roles. and to understand how cultural, social, economic, political, environmental and behavioral factors affect women’s health across cultures. This course emphasizes the importance of examining women’s health concerns in local as well as global contexts.

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100 or ANTH 101 or ANTH 202
Offered: Fall, even years