ANTHROPOLOGY 222b - Culture through Performance

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Bowdoin College

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Fall 2008. SARA DICKEY. "Cultural performance" covers not only drama, dance, and music, but also such culturalmedia as ritual, literature, celebration, and spectacle. The anthropological study of these media examines their performers, producers, and audiences, in addition to their form and content. Questions fundamental to this study are: What does cultural performance uniquely reveal about a culture to both natives and outsiders What social, psychological, and political effects can it have on participants and their societies Prerequisite: Anthropology 101, or permission of the instructor.

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3.00

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www.bowdoin.edu/

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(207) 725-3000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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