Reproducing Persons

Catalog description

This course examines how race, class, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, queer and trans identity, nationality affects how we, as human persons, reproduce ourselves. It begins with a criticism of the ways in which white supremacy has established the dominant ideology of 'reproductive choice' (which centers the experiences of white middle-class women and reinforces social and political institutions that harm marginalized peoples) and contrasts this with the inclusive but revolutionary theoretical framework of Reproductive Justice, as developed by African American feminists. Drawing on the work of leading philosophers and women's studies scholars, the course seeks to not only address ethical and legal questions as they relate to women's reproductive lives but also to examine the material circumstances in which the reproduction of persons is realized.