Fall 2022 Sociocultural Anthro. Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology , as ANTH-112
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Faculty Deborah B. Gewertz (Section 01)
Description An examination of theory and method in sociocultural anthropology as applied in the analysis of specific societies. The course will focus on case studies of societies from different ethnographic areas.
Limited to 45 students. Fall semester. Professor Gewertz.
How to handle overenrollment: Preference to first- and second-year students, and to majors who have yet to take this required course.
Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: emphasis on written work, reading, in-class quizzes or exams.
Course times and locations ANTH 112 - LEC Section 01
Textbooks Below are the textbooks used in this course, along with pricing information and availability at local bookstores. The price range shown is based upon queries to multiple online booksellers; click on the the price field to see detailed pricing information.
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
9780226461007 Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture) University of Chicago Press Kulick, Don Amherst Books From $5.26-$38.64 078-0520281127 Email from Ngeti: An Ethnography of Sorcery Univ. of California Press, 2014 Smith & Mwadime Amherst Books TBD 9780133949735 The House of Lim: A Study of a Chinese Family Pearson Wolf, Margery Amherst Books From $4.07-$41.99 9780192853462 Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press Just, Peter Amherst Books From $4.17-$19.45 9780691120775 The Nuclear Borderlands: The Manhattan Project in Post-Cold War New Mexico Princeton University Press Masco, Joseph Amherst Books From $13.16-$57.00 9780761872351 War and the Arc of Human Experience Hamilton Books Petersen, Glenn Amherst Books From $23.72-$37.31 9780804774062 On the Edge of the Global: Modern Anxieties in a Pacific Island Nation (Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific) Stanford University Press Besnier, Niko Amherst Books From $4.39-$27.99 9780812217599 Love and Honor in the Himalayas: Coming To Know Another Culture (Contemporary Ethnography) University of Pennsylvania Press McHugh, Ernestine Amherst Books From $4.73-$38.15
These books are available locally at Amherst Books .
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