Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as ANTH-308 | Anthropology and Sociology, as SOCI-309
Allison B. Formanack (Section 01)
The 2007/08 collapse of the U.S. housing market and subsequent global recession transformed the social, economic, and cultural significance of “home” as millions of Americans went into foreclosure, the rate of homeownership plummeted, and emergent minimalist and “Tiny Home” movements garnered widespread appeal. This course considers the “home” as an object in transition and as a concept that shapes our understanding of identity, family, community, and nation. From foundational kinship, feminist, and poststructuralist theorists to more recent ethnographic and popular media texts, we will survey the shifting terrain of American housing form and policy across a range of topics such as redlining and racial segregation, suburbanization and gentrification, homelessness and new directions in cooperative or micro-living. Students will lead classroom discussions, critically analyze texts, meet local housing advocates and builders, and work collaboratively on these themes, culminating in a final project that will attempt to answer the question: how can we solve today’s local, national, and global housing crises?
Limited to 18 students. Spring semester. Visiting Lecturer Formanack.
If Overenrolled: Junior and senior Anthropology majors will have first priority.
Cost: $150 ?
Section 01
Tu 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM CHAP 119
Th 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM CHAP 119
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everything in Its Place: Social Order and Land Use in America | Princeton University Press | Constance Perin | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Behind the Gates: Life, Security, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America | Routledge | Setha Low | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Inequality, poverty, and neoliberal governance: Activist ethnography in the homeless sheltering industry | University of Toronto Press | Vincent Lyon-Callo | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City | Penguin Random House LLC | Matthew Desmond | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Dispossessed: How Predatory Bureaucracy Foreclosed on the American Middle Class | University of California Press | Noelle Stout | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.