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ANTH336
Ethnicity, Nationality, Identity
ANTH336 FA
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 30 | 8 | Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM; | No | No |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:30 EDT 1999
)
The concepts of ethnic boundaries, the nation-state, and
group identity change with cultural context and
historical circumstance. In this course, students will
examine theories of ethnic and national identity and their
application in ethnographies and films of complex,
multi-ethnic societies. The literature touches on issues of
race, class, gender, and ideology in the construction of
citizenship and belonging across disciplinary as well as
national borders. The last section of the course looks at
globalism, migration, and transnationalism as culture,
people, identities, and boundaries move.
MAJOR READINGS
Anthony D. Smith, NATIONAL IDENTITY
Thomas Spear and Richard Waller (eds.), BEING MASAAI:
ETHNICITY AND IDENTITY IN EAST AFRICA
George Marcus, PERILOUS STATES: CONVERSATIONS ON CULTURE,
POLITICS AND NATION
Karen Leonard, MAKING ETHNIC CHOICES
Loring Danforth, THE MACEDONIAN CONFLICT: ETHNIC NATIONALISM
IN A TRANSNATIONAL WORLD
Patricia Pessar, A VISA FOR A DREAM
And selected excerpts by Benedict Anderson, Ernest Gellner,
Fredric Barth, Eric Hobsbawm, Nina Glick-Schiller and others
to be announced.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Class discussion and
presentations, reaction papers, final paper (10-15 pages).
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 Seminar Film/Video
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS ANTH
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Ohly, S
- Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;
- Grading Mode: Mixed
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 2, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 0
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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