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Academic Year 2003/2004
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.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ANTH
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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