Anthropology 390SP - Sex, Power, Politics

This course applies the conceptual tools of cultural anthropology to trace these struggles, focusing on contestation around: 1) Gender and sexuality: roles, expectations, performance; 2) feminism and activism; 3) Reproductive politics. We will consider these themes as we explore diverse data and modes of representation, including ethnographic writing, film, first-hand accounts, fiction, digital archives, as well as oral history. This course responds to 2 shocks: Russia?s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the global illiberal authoritarian resurgence. We?ll examine Russia and (post)socialism within this context, attentive both to illiberal currents and the creative forms that spring up to contest them.