|
|||
HIST 066. Making Sense of Being Sick: the Social Construction of Diseases in the Modern WorldDiscussing Latin American, European, African, Asian, and North American cases, this course examines public health strategies in colonial and neocolonial contexts; disease metaphors in media, cinema, and literature; ideas about hygiene, segregation and contagion; outbreaks and the politics of blame; the medicalization of society; and alternative healing cultures. Social sciences. 1 credit. Eligible for GLBL-core, INTP, LALS Fall 2022. Armus. Catalog chapter: History Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/history
Check the Fall 2020 Schedule of Courses Check the Spring 2021 Schedule of Courses |
|||
All catalogs © 2021 Swarthmore College. Powered by the Acalog™ Academic Catalog Management System™ (ACMS™).
|