Using case studies from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Oceania and the Americas, we examine relationships among gender, kinship, economics, politics, and social change. The religious world of ordinary Chinese of pre-Communist times, with some reference to major Chinese religious traditions. Particular emphasis on the relation between popular religion and other aspects of Chinese personality or culture. This seminar complements students' research in the Academic Internship Program in Physical Anthropology at the San Diego Museum of Man. Readings and discussions focus on anatomy, pathology, and classification and x-ray analyses of skeletal remains.
Research paper is required.
Physical Anthropology, Museum of Man. Consent of instructor. This seminar complements students' research in the Academic Internship Program in Ethnography and Archaeology at the San Diego Museum of Man. Readings and discussions will focus on problems of analysis of material culture and classifications of artifacts and site excavations. Research paper is required.