This course covers some basic issues in social anthropology, concerning gender, marriage and kinship relationships, using examples from various cultures. The course also considers how broader circumstances of war and poitical repression affect such relationships. Lectures both cover theoretical approaches and address some specific issues of sociological concern.
Seminars allow opportunities for discussion of course readings.
Lectures do not duplicate or summarize the readings but cover related issues. Required Texts Hutchinson, Sharon E., 1996. University of California Press. Life is Hard. University of California Press.