Anthropology
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Item Item Anthropology » Gender, Sexuality, and Society(2013)This course is an introduction to the cross-cultural study of biomedical ethics, examining moral foundations of the science and practice of Western biomedicine through case studies of abortion, contraception, cloning, organ transplantation and other issues. It evaluates challenges that new medical technologies pose to the practice and availability of medical services around the globe, and to cross-cultural ideas of kinship and personhood. Also discussed are critiques of the biomedical tradition ...Item Anthropology » Identity and Difference(2010)This course explores how identities, whether of individuals or groups, are produced, maintained, and transformed. Students will be introduced to various theoretical perspectives that deal with identity formation, including constructions of "the normal." We will explore the utility of these perspectives for understanding identity components such as gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, language, social class, and bodily difference. By semester's end students will unders...Item Anthropology » The Contemporary American Family(mit, 2004)Item Anthropology of War and Peace (PDF)(2004) Gusterson, Prof. HughItem Cross-Cultural Investigations Technology and Development (PDF)(2005) Paxson, Prof. HeatherItem Culture, Embodiment and the Senses (PDF)(2005) James, Prof. EricaItem Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics Playing God or Doing Good (PDF)(2005) James, Prof. EricaItem Disease and Health Culture, Society, and Ethics (PDF)(2012) Jackson, Prof. JeanItem Ethnic and National Identity (PDF)(2011) Jackson, Prof. JeanItem Gender, Sexuality, and Society (PDF)(2005) Paxson, Prof. HeatherItem Identity and Difference (PDF)(2010) Jackson, Prof. JeanItem Introduction to Anthropology (PDF)(2004) Howe, Prof. JamesItem Law and Society (PDF)(2003) S. Silbey, Prof. SusanItem Medicine, Religion and Politics in Africa and the African Diaspora (PDF)(2005) James, Prof. EricaItem Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism (PDF)(2004) Howe, Prof. JamesItem Power Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions (PDF)(Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, this course explores the nature of dominant and subordinate relationships, types of legitimate authority, and practices of resistance. The course also examines how we are influenced in subtle ways by the people around us, who makes controlling decisions in the family, how people get ahead at work, and whether democracies, in fact,, 2005) Silbey, Prof. Susan S.