Anthro 4363 - Sex, Gender, and Power

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Washington University in St Louis

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This seminar explores various ways anthropologists have conceptualized the intersection of sex, gender, and power in their ethnographies. Key questions revolve around the processes through which biological categories of sex become socially significant, and interact with various regimes of power such as the state, family, religion, medicine, the market, and science in everyday life. We examine how the social processes and regulatory mechanisms associated with gender and sexuality create systems of hierarchy, domination, resistance, meaning, identity, and affection. Course materials are primarily ethnographies, supplemented with articles. The aim of the course is to develop students' critical reading, discussion, and writing skills. Prerequisite: upper-level Anthro or Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses, or permission of instructor.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

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(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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