| Course Title: Special Topics in Anthropology: 'Precarious Labor' |
| Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2025 |
| Description: What do scholars and policy makers mean by the term "precarious labor"? How have transformations in global capitalism contributed to the proliferation of poorly paid work conducted in unsafe conditions in the Global North as well as the Global South? How do nation-states' attempts to regulate migration contribute to the maintenance of unfree labor conditions? How has the globalization of precarious labor affected the organization of reproductive and care labor within families and households in different parts of the world? These questions will be examined through interdisciplinary scholarship on labor under neoliberal capitalism in the Global South as well as in the Global North. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Nadia Latif | nlatif@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 102 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ANTHR-105 or SOCI-123. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| NXLAR0001 | NXLAR: Nexus in Law, Public Policy, and Human Rights | This course is approved for the Law, Public Policy, and Human Rights Nexus track. |
| NXDEV0001 | NXDEV: Nexus in Development Studies | This course is approved for the Development Studies Nexus track. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 20 | Enrollment: 6 | Available: 14 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Precariat: The New Dangerous Clas Author: Standing, Guy Copyright: 2011 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781849664561 Publisher: Bloomsbury |
Required | 32.80 |
| Title: Europe and the People Without History Author: Wolf, Eric Copyright: 2010 Edition: Sec Volume: ISBN: 9780520268180 Publisher: University of California Press |
Required | 30.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |