Spring 2021  |  ANTH 3003 Section 001: Cultural Anthropology (50596)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Delivery Mode
Online Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (58 of 100 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics vary. Field research. Politics of ethnographic knowledge. Marxist/feminist theories of culture. Culture, language, and discourse. Psychological anthropology. Culture/transnational processes.
Class Description:
This course closely examines different theoretical approaches to the study of different cultures. Major conceptual frameworks in modern cultural anthropology will be selected, such as social structural, Marxist, Freudian, and globalization. Ethnographic monographs will form the basis of the readings. Works such as Benedict's "Chrysanthemum and the Sword" and Taussig's "The Devil and Commodity Fetishism" will be read both for ethnographic and theoretical goals and contents.The course is meant for premajors, majors and other interested students. It will be taught using lecture format and small group activities
Grading:
80% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
Exam Format:
essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Discussion
Workload:
75 Pages Reading Per Week
4 Exam(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50596/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

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