BSOC 2841

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BSOC 2841
Viruses- Humans-Viral Politics (Social History and Cultural Politics of HIV & AIDS)

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

This course explores what has been termed "the modern plague."  It investigates the social history, cultural politics, biological processes, and global impacts of the retrovirus, HIV, and the disease syndrome, AIDS. It engages material from multiple fields: life sciences, social sciences, & humanities as well as media reports, government documents, activist art, and community-based documentaries. It explores various meanings and life-experiences of HIV & AIDS; examines conflicting understandings of health, disease, the body; investigates political struggles over scientific research, biomedical & public health interventions, and cultural representations; and queries how HIV vulnerability is shaped by systems of power and inequality. As well, we come to learn about the practices, the politics, and the ethics of life and care that arise in "the age of epidemic."

When Offered Spring.

Distribution Category (CA-AS)

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  • 18425 BSOC 2841   LEC 001

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