Anthropology 50.5 - Humans and Animals

Institution:

Dartmouth College

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Description:

09S: 10 This course explores the cultural dimensions of human relationships with animals. Topics to be covered include the diversity of relationships between people and animals around the world, the nature and significance of the boundary between humans and animals, and the ways in which people use animals to create, think through, and naturalize human social dynamics, particularly in relation to distinctions of race, gender, sexuality, and class. Students will have the opportunity to develop the insights of the course in an independent research project on a contemporary animal-related subject of their own choosing. (CULT) Dist: SOC. Garland.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.dartmouth.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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