This course explores the representational and cultural practices concerning health care and the body. Students will examine how literary texts represent, interpret, and critique the cultures of biomedical science, the clinic, and the hospital. Areas of interest include disease, illness, health, disability, and psychological and physiological trauma.
This course explores the representational and cultural practices concerning health care and the body. Students will examine how literary texts represent, interpret, and critique the cultures of biomedical science, the clinic, and the hospital. Areas of interest include disease, illness, health, disability, and psychological and physiological trauma.
