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An introduction to sociological perspectives on the body or the ways in which the body and bodily experience are social- ly constructed and connected to social processes. Examines the social production knowledge and its relationship to con- temporary, Western assumptions about the body and lived bodily experience, as well as how bodies are constructed and controlled by social institiutions such as science and med- icine, the state, and the economy. Explores the relationship between bodies and social identities including how identities are constructed through bodies and how social identities are embodied.
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What is the family? Is the family a "natural" unit or a soc- ial construct? Is the family a dying institution or is it merely changing ? How do family structures, values, and dy- namics vary across cultures? How is family structure in the United States different from those in Nigeria, India, China, Sweden and Saudi Arabi? This course utilizes a comparative perspective to explore the changing family in its historical cultural, economic, social and political contexts. Topics include variations in family patterns; marriage and related issues such as dating, mate selection, divorce, single parenting and family violence; poverty and stress in family life; communication; power relations; gender roles; and family policies in selected societies. Prerequisite: A&S 101 or 105.
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Covers topics ranging from the embodiment of disease to the social implications of disease. Addresses issues of social inequality to understand health both within a particular culture and between nations. Explores healing within the household, in Western biomedicine, and in other world heal- ing systems such as traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic med- icines. Considers the concept of health-- what it is, who has the power to define it and whether it is a right or a privilage. Prerequisite: A&S 101 or 105.
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Examines violence between intimates, primarily (but not solely) within the U.S., covering a range of interpersonal relationships (children, parents, spouses, partners, acquaintances, siblings, etc.) as well as various forms of abuse (emotional, physical, neglect, sexual assault/rape). Traces intimate violence socio-historically, including theoretical, methodological, emperical and applied issues and debates within the field. Analyzes the incidence and prevalance of intimate violence, and, in the process, attempts to identify causes and solutions. Focuses on the importance of structural gender inequality in shaping individuals' violent behavior and the degree to which gender inequality influences various forms of violence. Prerequisite: A&S 101 and 224 or PSYC 204.
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Explores the history of ethnic groups in America through the study of material remains: living quarters, burials, food remains, tools, jewelry, etc. Topics include the techniques of historical archaeology, the origins of ethnicity, identifying ethnicity in the archaelogical record, museum displays, ethnic sterotyping, and relations with modern descendants of the groups studied archaeologically. Prerequisite: A&S 101 or 105.
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Survey of anthropological theories of culture and symbolism. Explores non-Western philosophies and value systems with a focus on the symbolic organization of religious experience: myth, ritual, divination, initiation, trance, spirit possession, magical healing, shamanism, millenarianism, fundamentalism, mysticism, priesthood. Examines cosmology in the context of economic, political and social organization. Primary focus on pre-state societies. Prerequisite: A&S 105.
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Same as RS 363.
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