MS 121 PZ -Cultural Politics of Self Care

Institution: Pitzer

Description: “Self care” has become a ubiquitous buzzword attached to an enormous variety of practices (including social media and celebrity, entrepreneurship, and the fitness, wellness, and food industries) and has reshaped notions of leisure, work, health, and travel. At the same time, scholars, journalists, and activists have criticized this term as a rebranding of preexisting exclusionary practices around ability, shape and size, access to healthcare and food, and economic position. Positioning this term within a variety of theoretical modes– including media studies, anthropology, global health, disability studies, fat studies, and critical theory, –this class will unpack the cultural politics of the term.

Prerequisite(s): MS49 or MS50 or MS54 or LIT103 or ANTH002 or ANTH011. Please also check course schedule.

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