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ANTH 356: The Anthropology of Law Fazell
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Boston
This course examines legal systems in different cultures. It explores through comparison, and through ethnographic case studies, the relationship between law and culture; unctional definitions of law; dispute and dispute settlement; legal knowledge-both substantive law (statutes) and procedural law (forms of adjudication); legal principles and the underlying cultural precepts that inform action and conduct. PREREQUISITE: Anth 106 or permission of instructor. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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ANTH 357: Culture, Disease, And Healing Clarkin
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Human adaptations to disease and illness in prehistory and history, and across cultures. Medical systems considered as social and cultural systems related to social structure, religion, economics, and power. Topics include medical anthropology as a field of study, paleopathology, ecology and epidemiology of disease, theories of disease and healing, sorcery and witchcraft, public health and preventive medicine, anatomy and surgery, obstetrics and population control, pain and stress, emotional states, status and role of healers and patients. PREREQUISITE: Anth 105, or 106 recommended; or permission of instructor. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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ANTH 358: Comparative Health Care Systems Staff
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Though ill health afflicts all humans, ideas about disease, as well as the social institutions that have been developed to treat it, vary considerably from society to society. This course examines different forms of medical care in a wide variety of societies, including kin-based cultivators, agrarian and industrial states, and contemporary underdeveloped nations. PREREQUISITE: Anth 106 or permission of instructor. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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ANTH 360: Gender,Culture and Power
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Gender,Culture and Power
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ANTH 366: The Anthropology of Religion Pasto, Waters
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Boston
A comparative study of religion, including belief systems, social functions, ritual processes. Religions of a variety of cultures are considered, and some emphasis is given to the development of modern anthropological theories of religion and on current methods of analysis and interpretation. PREREQUISITE: Anth 106 or permission of instructor. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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ANTH 367: Social And Cultural Perspectives on Witchcraft And Sorcery Worley
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Beliefs about people with extraordinary powers to cause harm or good are found in societies of different types and in different periods in history. This course examines such beliefs in a number of different cultural, geographical, and historical contexts in order to demonstrate ways in which anthropologists and other social scientists approach the more general problem of understanding the function of belief systems in human society. The course does not teach techniques of witchcraft or sorcery. PREREQUISITES: sophomore standing or permission of instructor. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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ANTH 368: Myth in Cultural Context Addo
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Boston
An anthropological analysis and interpretation of myth, using texts from diverse Native American cultures as primary materials. The course offers an overview of central problems in understanding myths and a survey of contemporary anthropological approaches to solving them. PREREQUISITE: Anth 106 or permission of instructor. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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ANTH 372: Anthropology of Death Waters
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Although human mortality occurs in all societies, it is understood and defined differently within various cultural settings. This course examines how culture influences the way people respond to the fact of death. Key themes include: the analysis of funeral rituals; religion and art in relation to death; cultural dimensions of mourning; and the relationship between social organization and death. PREREQUISITE: Sophomore standing; or permission of instructor. Distribution II area: World Cultures. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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ANTH 376: Native Peoples of New England: Contemporary Issues Den Ouden
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Boston
This course will engage students in an examination of the current political, cultural, and economic issues important to Native Americans in New England. Among the major topics to be explored are sovereignty, land rights, federal acknowledgment, and identity. The course provides an overview of major events and legal cases of the 20th century, and will include guest lectures by Native leaders, scholars, and activists. PREREQUISITE: Anth/Amst L270 or permission of instructor. Diversity Area: United States. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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ANTH 385: The Ehtnography of Speaking Negron
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Boston
The course emphasizes concepts and methods for studying "speaking," the use of language in the conduct of social life. Members of a speech community employ varieties of speech to accomplish different social functions. The dynamic interaction between linguistic and social factors in speaking is the primary focus of this course. Special attention is directed to contemporary social problems associated with multilingual and multi-dialectical phenomena. Students undertake a limited research project to further their understanding of these problems and of possible solutions. PREREQUISITE: Anth 285 or permission of instructor. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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