Spring 2014

Gender: An Anthropological Perspective

Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as ANTH-335

Formerly listed as: ANTH-35

Faculty

Deborah B. Gewertz (Section 01)

Description

This seminar provides an analysis of male-female relationships from a cross-cultural perspective, focusing upon the ways in which cultural factors modify and exaggerate the biological differences between men and women. Consideration will be given to the positions of men and women in the evolution of society, and in different contemporary social, political, and economic systems, including those of the industrialized nations.

Limited to 20 students.  Spring semester.  Professor Gewertz. 

ANTH 335 - L/D

Section 01
W 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM CONV 209

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
Do Muslim Women Need Saving Abu-Lughod Amherst Books TBD
Shattering Silence Aretxaga Amherst Books TBD
Pleasures and Perils Curtis Amherst Books TBD
Gay Fatherhood Lewin Amherst Books TBD
Dude, You're a Fag Pascoe Amherst Books TBD
Death without Weeping Scheper-Hughes Amherst Books TBD
Fast Forward Family Ochs & Kremer-Sadlik Amherst Books TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018