AFRA 3898-005: Race, Gender, Work and Health Care in the America
Spring 2020
Instructor: Dr. Fumilayo Showers
Tu/Th 2:00 - 3:15 pm
Email: fumilayo.showers@uconn.edu
Course Description
This course offers an examination of the social and cultural context in which health care in the United States is delivered, especially in terms of racial disparities. We will pay attention to the lived experiences of African Americans and Black immigrants as workers and care recipients in US health care settings
Through the reading of ethnographies (works where researchers immerse themselves in a setting) , theoretical works and first-hand accounts, we will shed light on racial and gendered inequalities as they play out in health settings. We will deal with the ways in which individuals find meaning and rewards in work as well as navigate institutional structures and constraints.
For more information, contact: Africana Studies Institute at africana@uconn.edu