(HIST 113, HMS 113) Health and Society in Latin American History

4 Credits

Explores the history of health and society in Latin America through the lives and experiences of patients and health practitioners from 1492 to the present. Topics covered include: illness, empire, and slavery; the Spanish Inquisition; African and Indigenous peoples’ healthcare; tropical medicine; reproductive health and nation-state formation; immigration and health rights activism; and Cold War-era healthcare and its aftermath. Throughout, we’ll consider how constructions of race, gender, sexuality, Indigeneity, class, and disability developed and affected people’s healthcare access over time. Attribute/Distribution: CC, HE, HU, W