Anthropology 216 - Women and Power in Comparative Perspective

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Haverford College

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Description:

SO (Cross-listed in Gender and Sexuality Studies) M.Gillette This course explores issues of power and its operation through examining women and women's experience. Course readings combine theoretical materials on power and women's empowerment with ethnographic studies that allow us to investigate theoretical questions in specific contexts. We consider the nature of power, the sources of social inequality, and the potential for powerful action on individual and collective levels. (Satisfies the social justice requirement.) Offered occasionally.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.haverford.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 896-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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