Anthropology 235 - History of Anthropological Thought

History of Anthropol. Thought

Spring
2024
01
4.00
Matthew Watson

MW 07:15PM-08:30PM

Mount Holyoke College
123331
Skinner Hall 216
mcwatson@mtholyoke.edu
This course offers a historical foundation for themes in contemporary social theory and ethnography. We build this foundation through readings of twentieth-century anthropological and critical theories, including historicism, interpretive anthropology, structuralism, feminism, and postcolonialism. The course encourages critical and creative responses to anthropology's history through readings that challenge the canon and through active engagement with primary documents revealing the field's social, ethical, and political contexts.

Prereq: 4 credits in Anthropology at the 200 or 300 level.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.