This page is for Anthropology 2240 students at Douglas College. This class meets on Monday and Wednesday afternoons in New Westminster throughout the fall of 2010.
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The Anthropology of Human Sexuality
Textbooks:
1) Herdt, Gilbert. 2006. The Sambia: Ritual, Sexuality, and Change in Papua New Guinea. Toronto: Thomson/Wadsworth.
2) Abu-Lughod, Lila. 1993 or 2008. Writing Women’s Worlds: Bedouin Stories. Berkeley: University of California Press. (either edition is fine)
Handouts By Week
I. The Anthropological Perspective and Theoretical Orientation
Class Introduction (September 8 )
Syllabus
Theories of Gender and Sexuality (September 13, 15)
Eras of Feminist Anthropology and Ethnography (Chart)
Essay Assignment Handout
Marking Sheet for Media Review
Marking Sheet for Comparative Review
II. Biology Versus Culture
Biological Orientations (September 20, 22)
Lecture Outline for Biological and Cultural Orientations (Meets Sept 29)
Personal Worksheet for Discussion Group 1 (Meets Sept 29)
Cultural Orientations (Sept 27, 29)
Group Worksheet for Discussion Group 1
Personal Worksheet for Discussion Group 2 (Meets Oct 6)
Marriage, Family, Love, and Incest (October 4, 6)
Film Questions for ‘The Women’s Kingdom’
Midterm I Study Guide
Group Worksheet for Discussion Group 2
Note: No Class on October 11
Midterm I – October 13, 2010 (In Regular Class Time)
III. The Impact of Material Conditions on the Expression of Sexuality and Gender
Overview and Foragers (October 18, 20, 25)
Summary of Theses and Orienting Questions
Questions for ‘Iskut Hunters’ Slides
Powerpoint Slides
Other Class Slides
Horticulturalists (October 27, November 1, 3)
Personal Worksheet for Discussion Group 3 (Meets November 3)
Midterm II Study Guide
Group Worksheet for Discussion Group 3
Note: No Class on November 8
Midterm II – November 10, 2010 (In Regular Class Time)
IV. Ideological Constraints on the Expression of Gender and Sexuality: Ambiguities and Issues
Birth (November 15)
Pastoralism (November 17, 22)
Questions for Rivers of Sand
Personal Worksheet for Discussion Group 4 (Meets November 24)
Discussion of Abu-Lughod’s Writing Women’s Worlds (November 24, 29)
Personal Worksheet for Discussion Group 5 (Meets December 1)
Study Guide for Final Quiz
Language and Gender (December 1); time permitting
Group Worksheet for Discussion Group 5
Final Quiz – December 6, 2010 (In Regular Class Time)
Other Resources for Anthropology 2240
Anthropology of Sexuality and Gender websites via my del.icio.us account; if you have suggestions to add to this list, please email the links to me. (Constantly Updated)
Books Discussed or Referred to In Class (via Library Thing; Constantly Updated)
Articles Discussed or Referred to In Class (via CiteULike; Constantly Updated)
Anthropology of Sexuality and Gender Reference Books
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