FOLK 570 - Identity and the Life Course

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Description:

Hammarberg. Examines life experience through autobiographies, journals, diaries, life histories and other self-reports in relation to culturally-constituted identities and life plans for different societies and subgroups. Explores tensions, conflicts and creativity associated with sex, gender and age, rites of passage, personal development, family systems, and identity processes and cultural integration. Requirements include your own autobiographical writing and a consultant-based life-history analysis (15-20 page limit).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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