ANTH 454 - Kinship, Gender & Sexuality

Credits: 4

Examines differences and power through focus on kinship, gender, and sexuality. Explores relationships between “nature” and culture; “naturalization” of social differences and hierarchies; how kinship binds people to social structures; how ideologies of kinship, gender, and sexuality shape larger social projects. Case studies include “family values” campaigns, gay marriage debates, prostitution, new reproductive technologies, queer subcultures, colonialism, nationalism. Sociocultural Anthro course. Recommended prerequisites ANTH 166 or ANTH 221.