ANTH E397 - Peoples And Cultures of The Middle East

Institution:

Indiana University-South Bend

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Description:

General anthropological introduction to social institutions and cultural forms of the Arab countries of North Africa and the Near East; Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan. Topics: ecology, Islam as faith, Islam as culture, traditional adaptive strategies, consequences of colonialism and rise of nation-states, impact of modernization, changing conceptions of kinship, ethnicity, and gender.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

iusb.edu/

Phone Number:

(574) 520-4872

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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