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The examination of women's lives in the "man's world" of the Middle East. Is there a conflict between modern and traditional gender roles and expectations The course looks at the impact of 20th-century modernization and socio-political change on gender relations, sexuality, adolescence, family structure, local culture, and feminist movements across the Middle East and North Africa. Case studies survey male and female perspectives in a variety of ethnic/religious communities (Muslim, Jewish, Christian) and types of societies (Bedouin, agricultural, urban). (Also offered under women, gender, and sexuality 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course discusses cultural, social, psychological, and political dimensions of "song" as a genre. It explores diverse national traditions of singing and songwriting from ethnomusicological and typological perspectives. Special attention is paid to the social diversity of song and to topics and figures that exemplify historical traditions and contemporary processes in the realm of song. Lectures and assignments combine scholarly and artistic perspectives; students will be engaged in action and performance. 1.00 units, Lecture
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No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Lecture
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No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Lecture
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Is "poverty" self-evident Can we create universal statistical indices of "poverty" Are the poor in Calcutta different from the poor in Hartford This course offers a wide-ranging investigation of the representation of poverty, of the different notions of poverty across cultures, of the quest for universal justice through such documents as the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights, and of the various struggles against poverty. Readings include the work of George Orwell (on poverty in Europe), Jacob Riis (on poverty in NewYork), Gunter Grass (on poverty in Calcutta), Agnes Smedley and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (on growing up poor), David Arnold (on famine), Malthus and Paul Harrison (on population) and finally, texts on the multiple causes of poverty. Enrollment limited. (Satisfies requirements in the Religion major). 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course is a historical examination of changes in Islamic thought and practice in the 19th and 20th centuries. We begin with an Islamic principle which declares that Islam is suited for all times and places, provided one arrives at the proper interpretation. The 19th and 20th centuries were particularly difficult times for many of the major centers of Islamic intellectual activity. These difficulties manifested themselves in a reexamination of what Islam meant, what it meant to be a Muslim, what Islam's role was in bringing about the situation in which Muslims found themselves and what its role could be in ameliorating their social, political and economic condition. Readings will include translations of primary sources. No prior knowledge of Islam is required. 1.00 units, Lecture
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How did British administrators and Indian leaders respond to the plague epidemic of the late 1890s Why have Indian feminists critiqued population control policies and reproductive technologies Have the victims of the Bhopal disaster received compensation from Union Carbide or the Indian government This course will examine health, disease, and medicine in South Asia in their relations to economic, political, and cultural history. We will focus on competing conceptions of the body, health, and disease; the relation of medicine to colonial expansion and nationalist assertion; the impact of state and private patronage of medical systems; the influence of gender, race, class, caste, and religion on disease patterns and access to health services; and the role of social movements organized around health issues. Excerpts from classical Ayurvedic texts and American medical missionary reports as well as selected anthropological and historical works will form the core readings for this course. 1.00 units, Seminar
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From where does the image of Africa as a continent of jungles, famines, warfare, and 'tribes' come We will examine traveler's accounts, social scientific research, ethnographies and ethnographic museums, and adult and children's fiction in order to explore how representations of Africa in the West have changed from the 15th century to the present. The course will pay special attention to the 19th century, when the myth of the 'dark continent' prevailed and to the 20th century, when that image was challenged by Pan-Africanists in the diaspora and in Africa. (Also offered under History and African Studi 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course examines instances of political violence by non-state actors in the 20th-century Middle East. From separatist movements in the Ottoman Empire's Arab provinces in the 1900s, to Zionist struggles for independence from the British Mandate in the 1930s, from the T.E. Lawrence's Arab Revolt in 1916 to the Battle of Algiers in 1957, determining who is a rebel and who a freedom fighter, who a terrorist and who engaged in the armed struggle for political independence involves a number of subjective criteria. How violent acts are portrayed at the moment when they occur depends largely on who produces the portrayal. Likewise, how a chain of violent acts is interpreted in hindsight depends almost entirely on the "success" or "failure" of those events and who controls the production of interpretation. The course will balance examinations of historical events and their broader contexts with theoretical readings on the nature of state violence, individual violence, and terrorism. (Also offered under History and Middle Eastern Studi 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course examines the unique roles Hong Kong and Shanghai have played in China's search for modernization. Since they came into being in the latter half of the nineteenth century, these two cities have at important junctures provided the physical and imaginative space needed for various political, economic and cultural experiments. For better or for worse, they are, therefore, often in the vanguard of change, setting trends for the rest of the country. Through the study of literary and social science texts, this course will seek to understand this phenomenon by giving special attention to the commonalities between these two cities: their inception as trading ports, their colonial or quasi-colonial past, their cosmopolitan ambience with a significant foreign presence, and their status as places of opportunity and decadence in the popular imagination. Strongly recommended for students planning to participate in any of the following study-abroad programs: the Shanghai Semester, the Trinity-Lingnan (Hong Kong) Program and Trinity's exchange program with the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 1.00 units, Lecture
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