| Course Title: History of Anthropological Thought |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: This course offers a historical foundation for themes in contemporary social theory and ethnography. We build this foundation through readings of twentieth-century anthropological and critical theories, including historicism, interpretive anthropology, structuralism, feminism, and postcolonialism. The course encourages critical and creative responses to anthropology's history through readings that challenge the canon and through active engagement with primary documents revealing the field's social, ethical, and political contexts. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Matthew Watson | mcwatson@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 216 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 4 credits in Anthropology at the 200 or 300 level. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CFS-CRSE | CFS: Conceptual Foundations of Science minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Conceptual Foundations of Science minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 20 | Available: 8 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Patterns of Culture Author: Benedict, Ruth Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0618619550 Publisher: Mariner Books |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author Author: Geertz, Clifford Copyright: 1988 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0804717478 Publisher: Stanford University Press |
Required | 24.95 |
| Title: Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica Author: Hurston, Zora Neale Copyright: 2009 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0061695130 Publisher: HarperCollins |
Required | 15.99 |
| Title: Euphoria Author: King, Lily Copyright: 2014 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0802123708 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly |
Required | 16.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Bookshop |