ANTH 1151 - Ethnographies of the Muslim Middle East

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Brown University

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Description:

This course is an introduction to ethnographic studies of the Muslim Middle East, with particular focus on: religion, language, modernity, gender, and expressive culture. This is not a comprehensive survey of Middle Eastern history or politics. Rather, it is a critical examination of the ways in which anthropologists have sought to capture Middle Eastern life, and the problems that have pervaded anthropological representation, both methodologically and theoretically. Thus, in this course you will learn, through the ways in which American anthropologists have sought to depict Middle Eastern "others," the processes by which we come to understand cultural difference, as well as the ways in which this encounter can shed light on our own selves and practices. A previous course in anthropology is suggested.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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