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Academic Year 2001/2002

Ethnicity, Nationality, Identity
ANTH 336 SP

This seminar is geared toward exploring concepts of ethnic boundaries, the nation-state, and group identities as they change within cultural contexts and historical circumstances. In this course, students will examine theories of race, ethnicity, indegeneity and national identity within varied locations with multi-ethnic societies. The ethnographic and interdisciplinary readings address traditions and technologies of rank, gender, class and race as they relate to ideological constructions of citizenship and belonging across national borders. Attending to (neo)colonialism and postcolonialism, we will explore globalizism, migration, and transnationalism as culture, people, identities, and boundaries move.

MAJOR READINGS

Vine Deloria, THE NATIONS WITHIN: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF AMERICAN INDIAN SOVEREIGNTY
Benedict Anderson, IMAGINED COMMUNITIES
Richard Handler, NATIONALISM AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURE IN QUEBEC
David Robie, BLOOD ON THEIR BANNER: NATIONALIST STRUGGLES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Gopal Balakrishna, Ed. MAPPING THE NATION
Michael C. Howard, Ed., ETHNICITY AND NATION-BUILDING IN THE PACIFIC
Arlene Davila, SPONSORED IDENTITIES: CULTURAL POLITICS IN PUERTO RICO
Caren Kaplan, Norma Alarcon, an d Minoo Moallem, Eds., BETWEEN WOMAN AND NATION: NATIONALISMS, TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISMS, AND THE STATE
Robert Norton, RACE AND POLITICS IN FIJI
Haunani-Kay Trask, FROM A NATIVE DAUGHTER: COLONIALISM AND SOVEREIGNTY IN HAWA'I

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Students will be required to submit critical response papers based on course readings and discussion. An in-class presentation is also expected. The final project will consist of a paper of 15-20 pages.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ANTH    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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