Anthropology 339 - Ethnicity and Nation in France and North Africa

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Reed College

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Full course for one semester. The course explores different, overlapping forms of social and political organization in North Africa and France. It examines the long historical relationship between France and North Africa from colonial conquest to the present regimes of immigration and transnational flows. It provides a basic introduction to North African and French societies, their histories, and their cultural makeups, while at the same time presenting key concepts in social theory, including segmentary lineage structure, ethnicity, nationalism, and globalization, all grounded in a common set of ethnographic and literary data. Prerequisite: Anthropology 211 or consent of the instructor. Conference. Not offered 2009-10.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.reed.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 771-1112

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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