ANTHRO 211
Anthropological Perspectives on Gender
Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for ANTHRO 211.
Description
Gender as a cultural construction has been a dynamic field of anthropological inquiry for almost half a century, during which ethnographic and theoretical approaches have continued to develop. The course considers issues such as how different peoples exhibit and conceptualise gender differences, the ways in which gender is simultaneously a social and cultural product and a force in shaping social and cultural phenomena, how anthropologists have studied them and contemporary issues in human gender relations at global, national and local scales.
Availability 2017
Semester 1
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Christine Dureau
Reading/Texts
TBA
Recommended Reading
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Points
ANTHRO 211: 15 points
Prerequisites
ANTHRO 100 or 30 points in Anthropology, Gender Studies, History or Sociology
Restrictions
ANTHRO 342
