EXPOS 20.036 - Writing Culture

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Harvard University

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Our desires and perceptions take shape not just individually but through shared systems of meaning: culture. How can we see culture, though, when our own often seems transparently natural (like water to a fish, one anthropologist observed), and others' intrinsically alien? Short answer: through encounter. With the aim of writing original cultural analysis of Harvard and other subjects, we'll study anthropologists (Geertz, Rosaldo), social theorists (Williams, James), and other writers (McCarthy, Didion, Alexie).

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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