HHUM 372Women and Medicine in Literature

In this course students will engage with issues related specifically to women in Western medicine. The course will include an historical overview of the position of women in health care, but will focus primarily on the 20th and 21st centuries. Students will read a range of primary texts in areas such as fiction, poetry, drama, and life-writing alongside secondary readings that allow them to interrogate the representations and experiences in the primary texts. Through these readings, and through written work and in-class discussion, students will understand and respond to the specific concerns related to women in Western medicine.