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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2. Discussion of anthropological theories of religion with emphasis on non-literate societies. Survey of shamanism, magic and witchcraft, ritual and symbols, and religious movements. Extensive discussion of ethnographic examples and analysis of social functions of religious institutions. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.-III. (III.) Srinivas
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2. Survey of anthropological approaches to understanding the logic of structuralism and symbolism in cultural analysis. Focus on how structural and symbolic interpretations relate to cultural and linguistic universals and to the philosophical basis of relativism in the social sciences. (Former course 125.) GE credit: SocSci, Div.-I. Yengoyan
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2. The U.S.-European postmodern condition. "Modernity" as an incomplete project for subordinatedgroups. The economic, social, technological and political conditions leading to postmodern aesthetics, in comparison with postcolonialism, feminism and minority discourse. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2 or consent of instructor. Theories of development and current critiques. Colonial legacies and post-colonial realities. Roles of the state and NGOs, population migrations, changing gender identities, cash-earning strategies, and sustainability issues. Stresses importance of cultural understandings in development initiatives. Case studies emphasizing non-industrial societies. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 126. (Former course 126.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.-II. (II.) J. Smith
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2 or consent of instructor. Current Third World and Western development issues concerning women in agriculture, industry, international division of labor, political movements, revolutions, politics of health, education, family and reproduction. Impact of colonialism, capitalism, the world system, and international feminism on women and development. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 131. (Former course 131.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.-I. (I.)
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2 or consent of instructor. Survey of approaches to urban living: political structures, organization of labor, class relations, world views. The evolution of urban life and its contemporary dilemmas. Cross-cultural comparisons discussed through case studies. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.-II. (II.) Zhang
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2. Comparative examination of personal kinship, descent, marriage, household and family organizations; the theories that account for variation, and recent advances in the treatment of these data. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 128. (Former course 128.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.-III. (III.)
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2 or consent of instructor. Exploration of self, identity, and family systems cross-culturally. Impact of class, gender, race, ethnicity, ruralization, urbanization, and globalization on notions of selfhood in different social/cultural systems. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 129. (Former course 129.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-2 hours; laboratory/discussion-1 hour;fieldwork-1 hour. Skills for scientific thinking; designing, implementing, analyzing, interpreting, presenting, and criticizing research. Collection and analysis of original data. Basic statistical methods. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.-II. (II.) McElreath
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2. The cultural dimensions of recent economic and political developments frequently termed "globalization."GE Credit: SocSci, Wrt.-II. (II.) J. Smith
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