ANTH275

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ANTH275

Ethnographic Life History and Autobiography ANTH275 FA

Crosslistings: AFAM273

Not Currently Offered

Ethnographic life histories and autobiographies can enrich our understanding of human experience and social issues, both historically and cross-culturally. This course will expose students to first-person accounts that augment and elaborate the kinds of social analysis associated with ethnographies and other anthropological writings. We will discuss how these personal narratives provide interpretations of the sociocultural processes that anthropologists study. Through careful readings of the texts, we will also examine the extent to which these accounts challenge the dominant cultural formations in which the speakers live. Readings will emphasize but not be limited to materials from the U.S. and Caribbean.

MAJOR READINGS

To be announced.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Participation in class discussion, oral presentation, response papers, final project.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS ANTH

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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