INTS 224 - Anthropology of Poverty

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Trinity College

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Is "poverty" self-evident Can we create universal statistical indices of "poverty" Are the poor in Calcutta different from the poor in Hartford This course offers a wide-ranging investigation of the representation of poverty, of the different notions of poverty across cultures, of the quest for universal justice through such documents as the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights, and of the various struggles against poverty. Readings include the work of George Orwell (on poverty in Europe), Jacob Riis (on poverty in NewYork), Gunter Grass (on poverty in Calcutta), Agnes Smedley and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (on growing up poor), David Arnold (on famine), Malthus and Paul Harrison (on population) and finally, texts on the multiple causes of poverty. Enrollment limited. (Satisfies requirements in the Religion major). 1.00 units, Lecture

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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