Apr 19, 2024  
2010-2011 Academic Catalog 
    
2010-2011 Academic Catalog [Published Catalog]

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ANTH 302 - Kin and Family in a Global World


Transformation of family and kin structures and relations in present-day globalization.  Impacts of urbanization, international migration, consumerism, economic and other factors on families and kin groups.  Why and how people legitimize their kin relationships in the eyes of their community, their state, and their religion, and how different family structures are tied to naturalizing certain forms of power.  Comparative perspectives from the Middle East and other world areas.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: ANTH 202.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)



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