Spring 2020

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 sociocultural anthropology as applied in the analysis of specific societies. The course will focus on case studies of societies from different ethnographic areas.

Spring semester. Professor Gewertz.

ANTH 112 - L/D

Section 01
M 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM FAYE 115
W 12:30 PM - 01:50 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
On the Edge of the Global: Modern Anxieties in a Pacific Island Nation Stanford University Press Besnier, Niko Amherst Books TBD
Email from Ngeti: An Ethnography of Sorcery, Redemption, and Friendship in Global Africa University of California Press Smith, James and Mwadime, N. Amherst Books TBD
Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press Just, Peter, Monaghan, John Amherst Books TBD
Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture Among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes University of Chicago Press Kulick, Don Amherst Books TBD
The Nuclear Borderlands: The Manhattan Project in Post Cold-War New Mexico Princeton University Press Masco, Joseph Amherst Books TBD
Love and Honor in the Himalayas: Coming to Know Another Culture Pennsylvania Univeristy Press McHugh, Ernestine Amherst Books TBD
The House of Lim: A Study of a Chinese Family Prentice Hall Wolf, Margery 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