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ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH-439
Culture, History, Power, Place (3)
Course Level: Undergraduate
Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. Examination of a particular culture area to provide insight into the conditions that produced distinctive cultures in certain geographical regions. Rotating culture areas include North American Indians, Latin America, Mexico and Central America, African American women, India, Africa, China, and Japan. Meets with ANTH-639. Usually offered every term.
ANTH-439
001
ANTHROPOLOGY
SPRING 2013
Course Level: Undergraduate
Culture, History, Power, Place (3)
Native America Today
This course surveys a variety of topics in contemporary American Indian life. Focusing on the modern experience, topics include law and politics; lands and environment; education; languages and literature; health; social justice and human rights; business; treaties; the sacred; gender; sports; decolonization; and comparative indigenous concerns.
ANTH-439
001
ANTHROPOLOGY
FALL 2013
Course Level: Undergraduate
Culture, History, Power, Place (3)
Southern Discomforts: The U.S. South Today
From King Cotton to Honey Boo Boo, the U.S. South has been at the center of important American and global conversations for three centuries. While much of this conversation relates to fun and various types of American success, the South retains a legacy of tragedy and violence that is just as influential. In this course, the class seeks to understand these distinct realms of Southern influence and their relationships to imagined and reproduced images of the South in social, political, and economic conversations today. Meets with ANTH-639 001.