HDA 266 - Anthropology and the Family

Institution:

Wheelock College

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Description:

Pursues an in-depth inquiry into organizations and functions of families in selected non-Western societies. Focuses on the interaction between life course paths and family strategies for adaptation. Attention is given to caring for children, organizing domestic labor and conveying identities and statuses in foraging societies, farming societies, and market based societies. Prerequisite: HDP 120-121 or HDP 124-125.Satisfies General Education Social Sciences requirement; satisfies College Multicultural requirement. Intermediate. competencies. Focuses both on native English speakers who speak nonmainstream varieties of English and on children who speak a first language other than English.

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wheelock.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 879-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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