SHORT PAPERS: required to post 3-4 page
reflections or “short paper” (750-1000 words,
approx.) Please read the articles (see attachment) read all attachment
WEEK 2
Nancy Scheper-Hughes, “Lifeboat Ethics: Mother Love and Child Death in Northeast Brazil," in The Gender/Sexuality Reader
Eve Vincent. 2021. Look After Them? Gender, Care and Welfare Reform in Aboriginal Australia, Ethnos: DOI: 10.1080/00141844.2021.1992470
Letizia Bonanno. 2021. “The Work of Pharmaceuticals in Austerity-Burdened Athens. Modes and Practices of Care in Times of Crisis.” Ethnos DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2021.2013282
Short paper assignment:
What role do various public institutions like the Church, the State, the (pharmaceutical) market play in creating and supporting ideas of love, nurturance, and care within the family? What happens when they fail?