Fall 2011

Sociocultural Anthropology

Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as ANTH-112

Formerly listed as: ANTH-12

Faculty

Deborah B. Gewertz (Section 01)

Description

An examination of theory and method in social anthropology as applied in the analysis of specific societies. The course will focus on case studies of societies from different ethnographic areas.

Fall semester. Professor Gewertz.

ANTH 112 - L/D

Section 01
Tu 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM FAYE 115
Th 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM FAYE 115

This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.

ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
House of Lim Prentice Hall, 1960 Margery Wolf Amherst Books TBD
Love & Honor in the Himalyas Pennsylvania Univ Press 2001 Ernestine McHugh Amherst Books TBD
Nuclear Borderlands: the Manhattan Project in Post Cold-War New Mexico Princeton University Press, 2006 Joseph Masco Amherst Books TBD
On the Edge of the Global: Modern Anxieties in a Pacific Island Nation Stanford University Press, 2011 Niko Besnier Amherst Books TBD
Pleasures and Perils: Girls' Sexuality in a Caribbean Consumer Culture rutgers University Press, 2009 Debra Curtis Amherst Books TBD
Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, 2000 Peter Just and John Monaghan Amherst Books TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

Other years: Offered in Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024