Politics of Reproduction and Everyday Life

4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

(Same as Sociology M164.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Limited to juniors/seniors. Social and human reproduction is global policy issue. Government efforts to influence reproduction are important feature of modern state: political intervention into private life, intimacy, and sexuality. Exploration of politics of reproduction—intersection between politics and life cycle or between public sphere and private lives—and coverage of broad range of issues addressing prevention and promotion of reproduction from historical-comparative approach. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. P/NP or letter grading.