May 01, 2024  
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CULTR ST 745 / Theorizing Care: Dependency, Representation, Ethics

3 unit(s)

A. DeFalco (cross-listed as ENGLISH 745 )

This course considers depictions of caregiving in contemporary film and literature in tandem with various works of ethical philosophy. The course brings a variety of disciplines into dialogue, including ethics of care philosophy, theories of witnessing and obligation, animal studies, literary studies and cinema studies in its focus on the theorization and representation of care in contemporary Western culture at the turn of the century.



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