Anth 120
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Anthropology 120 examines race, ethnicity, identity, and nationalism: social constructs that vary across cultures, time, and geography. Particular attention is focused on indigenous/aboriginal cultures, and especially, though not exclusively, on those of the Americas. Multidisciplinary perspectives from anthropology, sociology, political science, and other social sciences address and explore social, situational, and other factors that give birth to the above phenomena, transforming, defining, and redefining them across varied contexts. This approach enables past and present inter-ethnic situations, in various parts of the world, to be more fully examined in order to enable a better understanding not only of the all too familiar phenomenon ‘ethnic conflict,’ but also of its ever present counterpart ‘multi-ethnic coexistence.
SyllabusThis is the preliminary syllabus. There may be changes before the start of the semester.
Download the film journal, here: FILM JOURNAL. Print this PDF out, staple the pages together, and use this for your film journal. You can also link directly to the films by clicking on the URL in the PDF. Required Texts
Bodley, David H.
2008 Victims of Progress. 5th Edition. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co. Koltyk, Jo Ann 1998 New Pioneers in the Heartland: Hmong Life in Wisconsin. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Lipsitz, George 2011 How Racism Takes Place, Philadelphia: Temple University Press Wald, Sara D. 2016 The Nature of California: Race, Citizenship, and Farming Since the Dustbowl. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Wray, Joseph 2006 Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness, Durham & London: Duke Univerity Press One of my favorite sources for cheap books is AbeBooks.com. I suggest you look there before purchasing from Amazon, the campus bookstores, or elsewhere. If you find a different version of the book, please, check with me before you purchase it.
Additional Readings
Anderson, Benedict
1991 Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Revised Edition. London and New York: Verso. Barth, Fredrik 1996 Ethnic Groups and Boundaries. In Ethnicity. John Hutchinson and Anthony D. Smith Editors. pp 75-82. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. Harrell, Steven 1996 Languages Defining Ethnicity in Southwest China. In Ethnic Identity: Creation, Conflict, and Accommodation. 3rd Edition. Lola Romanucci-Ross and George A. DeVos Editors. pp 97-114. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press. Juergensmeyer, Mark 2001 The Global Rise of Religious Nationalism, in "Religions / Globalizations: Theories and Cases. Duke University Press. National Urban League 2016 State of Black America Chicago Style Guide: You will be required to use this format for citations in this, and all anthropology classes. For all assignments in my classes you are required to cite every source you use (quoted, paraphrased, referenced, or based upon). You MUST use Chicago inline Citation format in your papers. I require all written assignments to include a Works Cited page -- not a Bibliography or Reference page. If you do not know the difference, be sure to ask in class.
Any paper not including inline citations will receive a zero (0). Any paper not including a properly formatted Works Cited page will receive a zero (0). From Savage to Self
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Films
There are several films I will be showing for this class. Some of them will be shown IN CLASS, whereas others (primarily those listed below) are to be viewed by students on days when I have scheduled no face-to-face class (normally, a Friday).
Iin other words, on days when these movies are listed on the syllabus, there is NO CLASS, however, you will be responsible for the content of these films (I recommend you use the hour when we would be in class to watch the film). There will be discussions of these films, following the dates for which viewings are scheduled. I will be adding more films to the list between now and the start of the term. Download the film journal, here: FILM JOURNAL. Print this PDF out, staple the pages together, and use this for your film journal. You can also link directly to the films by clicking on the URL in the PDF. MTV's White People
The Tightrope of Power If Latinos Said the Stuff White People Say If Black People Said the Stuff White People Say If Asians Said the Stuff White People Say Not In Our Town Home at Last: Hmong People in the Ozarks Black Indians Amazon Watch Films Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee Films |