ANTH 202: World Cultures

Course Description

This course is an in-depth exploration of cultural anthropology. Students will read, discuss, and analyze excerpts from some of the best ethnographies ever written and will write a book review of a full-length ethnography of their choice. Topics will focus on anthropology as relevant in the era of globalization and will include: new approaches to culture; fieldwork and ethnography; systems of power (including race), ethnicity, nationalism, gender, and sexuality; kinship; class and inequality; religion; and finally, health, illness, and the body. Students will also have an opportunity to explore ethnographies of language and linguistics. (W, AY).