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		Undergraduate Instruction 2008-2009

Cultural Anthropology (CULANTH)

Associate Professor Baker, Chair; Associate Professor Nelson, Director of Undergraduate Studies; Professors Allison, O'Barr, Silverblatt, and Starn; Associate Professors Baker, Ewing, Litzinger, Meintjes, Nelson, and Piot; Assistant Professor Davis, Makhulu, and Stein; Professors Emeriti Apte, Friedl, and Quinn; Secondary Appointments: Professors Andrews (Slavic languages), Butters (English), Mignolo (romance studies), and Reddy (history); Associate Professor Tetel (English) and Wilson (Women's Studies); Assistant Professors Holsey (African and African American Studies); Adjunct Assistant Professor Thompson (documentary studies)

A major or minor is available in this department.

Cultural anthropology is a comparative discipline that studies the world's peoples and cultures. It extends perspectives developed from anthropology's initial encounter with the "primitive" world to studies of complex societies including rural and urban segments of the Global South and contemporary industrial countries, with an emphasis on power, identity, and social justice.

Cultural anthropologists at Duke concentrate on political economy, culture, ideology, history, mass media, and discourse, and the relations among them. These concerns lead them to such specific research and teaching interests as: colonialism and state formation; the politics of representation and interpretation; histories of race and racism; popular culture, music, film, and advertising; the bases of ideological persuasion and resistance; gender ideology; language use in institutional contexts; class formation and political consciousness; war, peace-making, and human rights, and the creation and use of ethnic and national identities. The department also offers courses that introduce the various traditional subfields and methods of cultural anthropology, and other, integrative courses on world areas. Faculty draw on their fieldwork in various geographic areas, with special strengths in Africa and the African diaspora, Latin America, Middle East, Japan, China, and the United States. Students without prerequisites for a course may ask the instructor for admission.

20S. Studies in Special Topics. SS Opportunities for first-year students to engage with a specific issue in cultural anthropology, with emphasis on student writing. Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.

49S. First-Year Seminar. Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.

50. Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Introductory Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology. CCI Topics differ by section. Instructor: Staff. One course.

80FCS. Special Topics in Focus. Selected topics vary each semester. Open only to students in the Focus Program. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Staff. One course.

81FCS. Muslim World: Transformations and Continuities. CCI, CZ, SS, W The diversity of social practices within the community of Islam. Particular emphasis on gender relations, diaspora communities, religious movements, and social change. Open only to participants in Focus. Instructor: Ewing. One course.

94. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. CCI, CZ, SS Theoretical approaches to analyzing cultural beliefs and practices cross-culturally; application of specific approaches to case material from present and/or past cultures. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 90B

94D. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. CCI, CZ, SS Same as Cultural Anthropology 94 except instruction is provided in lecture and discussion group each week. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies

100. Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology. CCI Topics differ by section. Instructor: Staff. One course.

101. Introduction to the Civilizations of Southern Asia. CCI, CZ One course. C-L: see Asian and African Languages and Literature 160; also C-L: History 193, Religion 144, International Comparative Studies

102S. Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. R, SS One course. C-L: see Linguistics 104S; also C-L: English 113S

103A. Alcohol and Culture. CCI, EI, SS Examination of cultural and social dimensions of alcohol use cross-culturally, with special attention to ethical issues surrounding control of alcohol use, frameworks for judging ''abuse,'' and the political and social agendas of researchers and caregivers in a range of societies. Local field research (on and off campus). Instructor: Ewing. One course.

104. Anthropology and Film. SS The study of feature films and documentaries on issues of colonialism, imperialism, war and peace, and cultural interaction. An introduction to critical film theory and film production in non-Western countries. Instructor: Allison, Jackson, or Litzinger. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 101C, Visual Studies 110A, Documentary Studies, Film/Video/Digital

104D. Anthropology and Film. SS Same as Cultural Anthropology 104 except instruction is provided in lecture and discussion group each week. Instructor: Litzinger. One course. C-L: Film/Video/Digital

106. Life in America: Identity and Everyday Experience. CCI, CZ, SS How American culture shapes the everyday lives of people in the United States. Focus on two themes: cultural differences as well as similarities within and between ethnic groups, and the impact of history, large institutions, and global relations on all Americans. Instructor: Baker. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 151A

107. Introduction to Linguistics. CCI, SS One course. C-L: see Linguistics 101; also C-L: English 111, International Comparative Studies

108. Fantasy, Mass Media, and Popular Culture. CCI, R, SS A cross-cultural study of how images and stories that are mass produced affect the world view, identities, and desires of their consumers. Independent ethnographic research on a phenomenon in mass culture required. Instructor: Allison. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 103E, Visual Studies 110B, Policy Journalism and Media, Study of Sexualities, Documentary Studies

109. Anthropology and the Motion Picture. ALP, CCI, CZ Study of the representation of non-US cultures in the genre of major motion pictures (as opposed to ethnographic film). Focus will be on films about Kenya, Italy, and the South Pacific. Examination of motives for foreign travel and experiences of living abroad as depicted in films. Consideration of how other cultures are romanticized and orientalized in movies. Films about each of the cases to be screened. Discussions focus on critical film reviews, issues of anthropological theory and the theory of representation, as well as students' own insights. Instructor: O'Barr. One course. C-L: Visual Studies 110C

109S. Anthropology and the Motion Picture. ALP, CCI, CZ Seminar version of Cultural Anthropology 109. Instructor: O'Barr. One course.

110. Advertising and Society: Global Perspective. CCI, SS History and development of commercial advertising; advertising as a reflector and/or creator of social and cultural values; advertisements as cultural myths; effects on children, women, and ethnic minorities; advertising and language; relation to political and economic structure; and advertising and world culture. Emphasis on American society complemented by case studies of advertising in Canada, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Western Europe, and selected other countries. Instructor: O'Barr. One course. C-L: English 120, Sociology 160, Linguistics 120, Visual Studies 110E, Markets and Management Studies, Policy Journalism and Media, Women's Studies, Canadian Studies, International Comparative Studies, Film/Video/Digital

110D. Advertising and Society: Global Perspective. CCI, SS Same as Cultural Anthropology 110 except instruction is provided in lecture and discussion group each week. Instructor: O'Barr. One course. C-L: Sociology 160D, English 120D, Linguistics 120D, Markets and Management Studies

111. Anthropology of Law. CCI, SS Comparative approach to jurisprudence and legal practice, dispute resolution, law-making institutions and processes, and the relation of law to politics, culture, and values. Instructor: O'Barr. One course.

112. Current Topics in Linguistics. SS Advanced study of an area of linguistics or grammar. Instructor: Staff. One course.

113. Gender and Culture. CCI, SS Explanation of differing beliefs about gender cross-culturally, by comparison with dominant themes about gender in our own cultural history and contemporary ideological struggles. Instructor: Allison or Silverblatt. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 101E, Women's Studies 117, Study of Sexualities, Women's Studies

114. Languages of the World. CCI, SS One course. C-L: see Linguistics 102; also C-L: English 114, Russian 117, International Comparative Studies 102E

116S. Advertising and Masculinity. CCI, SS Gender representations in advertising, focusing on masculinity. Consideration also given to representations of femininity in advertising, to the nature and complexity of gender, and to the history and place of advertising in society and culture. Case materials drawn primarily from contemporary American advertising, with examples from other time periods and other national advertising traditions. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: O'Barr. One course. C-L: Visual Studies 110FS, Markets and Management Studies, Policy Journalism and Media, Women's Studies, Film/Video/Digital

117. Global Culture. CCI, SS Globalization examined through some of its dominant cultural forms-the marketing of pop music, the globalization of TV culture, the spread of markets and commodities, the export of political ideologies. Special focus given to the way in which these forms both affect and are transformed by local cultures in Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America. Instructor: Allison, Litzinger, Piot, or Starn. One course. C-L: Visual Studies 110G, International Comparative Studies

120A. The Cognitive Science of Religion & Morality. One course. C-L: see Philosophy 132; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 102G, Religion 161U, Turkish 133

120B. Thinking About God: The Nature of Religious Belief at the Crossrds of Judaism, Christianity, & Islam. CCI, CZ, EI One course. C-L: see Philosophy 135; also C-L: Religion 161V, International Comparative Studies 102F, Turkish 136

121. Culture and Politics in China. CCI, CZ, SS Introduction to the study of contemporary China, including Taiwan and the Chinese Diaspora. Key themes include family and kinship, sex and gender, regional diversity, ethnic minority relations, the politics of modernity, revolution, and reform, and the representation of Chinese identity through popular media, film, and travel. Instructor: Litzinger. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies

122. Culture and Politics in Africa. CCI, CZ, SS One course. C-L: see African and African American Studies 122; also C-L: Visual Studies 104B, International Comparative Studies

122A. Gender and Sexuality in Africa. CCI, SS Constructions of gender and sexuality in different African societies. Related issues of power and inequality. Instructor: Holsey. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 108S, Women's Studies 188

122B. Africa and the Slave Trade. CCI, EI, SS One course. C-L: see African and African American Studies 183S

125. Comparative Approaches to Global Issues (B, D). CCI, CZ, SS One course. C-L: see International Comparative Studies 125; also C-L: History 137, Political Science 125, Religion 183, Sociology 125, Global Health, Global Health

126. Muslim World: Transformations and Continuities. CCI, SS The diversity of social practices within the community of Islam. Particular emphasis on gender relations, religious movements, diaspora communities, and social change. Instructor: Ewing. One course. C-L: Religion 119, International Comparative Studies 101F, Women's Studies

128. Culture and Politics in Latin America. CCI, CZ, EI, SS Key themes in Latin American societies, including art, literature, history, violence and human rights, economic development, and rebellion and revolution. Instructor: Nelson or Starn. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 130A, Documentary Studies

129A. West African Rootholds in Dance. ALP, CCI One course. C-L: see Dance 110A; also C-L: African and African American Studies 110A, Asian and African Languages and Literature 110A, Religion 161A

129B. West African Rootholds in Dance. ALP, CCI One course. C-L: see Dance 110B; also C-L: African and African American Studies 110B, Asian and African Languages and Literature 110B, Religion 161B

131S. Documentary Film/Video Theory and Practice. ALP One course. C-L: English 101CS, Film/Video/Digital 138S, Visual Studies 117KS, Documentary Studies

132. Representing the Middle East. CCI, CZ, SS Diverse representations of the Middle East by communities inside and outside the region. Travelogues, films, photography, literature, newspapers/media and memoir from the late nineteenth-century Ottoman context to the modern Middle East. Readings on identity, orientalism, violence, gender, and (post) colonialism. Instructors: Goknar and Stein. One course. C-L: Asian and African Languages and Literature 132, History 131B, Turkish 132, International Comparative Studies 141B, Visual Studies 110H, Islamic Studies

133S. African Mbira Music: An Experiential Learning Class. ALP, CCI, CZ One course. C-L: see Music 133S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 131S

134S. The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach. ALP, R, SS One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies 105S; also C-L: Film/Video/Digital 139S, History 150BS, Political Science 156S, Public Policy Studies 105S, Visual Studies 103CS

135. Muslims in the West. CCI, CZ, SS The varieties of Muslim experience in Europe and North America, with particular attention to local debates and controversies focused on Muslims, especially post 9-11. How the various situations of Muslim minorities can contribute to anthropological understandings of identity, ethnicity, and diaspora. How Muslim practices can affect Western common, unexamined understandings of religion, secularism, and the nature of human rights. Includes visits to local mosques. Instructor: Ewing. One course. C-L: Religion 161T

135S. What's Lost in Translation? Latin American Theater in English. ALP, CCI, CZ One course. C-L: see Spanish 129S; also C-L: Theater Studies 127S, International Comparative Studies 132S

136. Introduction to African Studies. ALP, CCI, CZ One course. C-L: see African and African American Studies 107; also C-L: English 180, History 115C, Political Science 174

138. Religious Movements. CCI, CZ, SS Religious responses to modernity and colonialism. Religion and social change in complex societies. The psychology and politics of conversion. Instructor: Ewing. One course. C-L: Religion 173

139. Marxism and Society. SS One course. C-L: see Literature 181A; also C-L: Education 139, History 186, Sociology 139, International Comparative Studies

140AS. Brazilian Popular Culture. ALP, CCI, CZ, FL One course. C-L: see Portuguese 140S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 140S, Visual Studies 126BS

141. Self and Society. CCI, SS The nature of human social identities, the contexts in which they are shaped, and the processes by which they change. May include an optional service-learning component. Instructor: Ewing. One course. C-L: Psychology 113A, Women's Studies

144. The Anthropology of Race. CCI, EI, SS Human variation and the historical development of concepts of race; science and scientific racism; folk-concepts of race; and the political and economic causes of racism; ethics of racism. Instructor: Staff. One course.

145A. World Music: Aesthetic and Anthropological Approaches. ALP, CCI, CZ One course. C-L: see Music 136; also C-L: International Comparative Studies, Documentary Studies

145B. Music, Social Life, and Scenes. ALP, CCI, CZ, R, W One course. C-L: see Music 137; also C-L: Documentary Studies

147. Introduction to Islamic Civilization. CCI, CZ, EI One course. C-L: see Religion 146; also C-L: History 101G, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 146A, International Comparative Studies 141A, Information Science and Information Studies, Ethics

148. Introduction to Islamic Civilization. CCI, CZ, EI One course. C-L: see Religion 147; also C-L: History 102G, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 147A, International Comparative Studies, Ethics

149. Dance and Dance Theater of Asia. ALP, CCI, CZ One course. C-L: see Dance 149; also C-L: Theater Studies 133, Asian and African Languages and Literature 149, Religion 161C, International Comparative Studies 170C

149A. Gender in Dance and Theatre. ALP, CCI, CZ One course. C-L: see Dance 175; also C-L: Women's Studies 111, Theater Studies 132, Asian and African Languages and Literature 176, International Comparative Studies 170E

149B. History and Practice of the Dance and Dance-theatre of India. ALP, CCI, CZ One course. C-L: see Dance 147; also C-L: Religion 161J, Theater Studies 134, Asian and African Languages and Literature 154

149C. Dance and Religion in Asia and Africa. ALP, CCI, CZ One course. C-L: see Dance 158; also C-L: Asian and African Languages and Literature 136, Religion 161N, African and African American Studies 158, International Comparative Studies 102A

150. Religions of the African Diaspora. CCI, CZ, SS One course. C-L: see African and African American Studies 150; also C-L: Religion 160, International Comparative Studies

152. The Turks: From Ottoman Empire to European Union. ALP, CCI, CZ, R One course. C-L: see Turkish 135; also C-L: Religion 161F, History 141A, Islamic Studies

153. Magical Modernities. CCI, SS One course. C-L: see African and African American Studies 153; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 111

154D. The History of Emotions. CCI, CZ, R, W One course. C-L: see History 154CD

155. Palestine, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict. CCI, EI, SS Introduction to Israeli and Palestinian culture, politics, and society and the central historical events of the Israel/Palestinian conflict. From early Zionist settlement in Palestine in the late nineteenth century and concluding with the 'Peace Process' of the 1990s, the second Palestinian uprising (Intifada), and the Israeli military reoccupation of the Palestinian territories. Ethics of both the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian resistance struggles against occupation. Instructor: Stein. One course. C-L: Asian and African Languages and Literature 159, Jewish Studies 155, Islamic Studies

160D. The History of Romantic Love. ALP, CCI, CZ, EI, W One course. C-L: see History 160D

161. Contemporary Israeli Cinema. ALP, CCI, EI One course. C-L: see Asian and African Languages and Literature 161; also C-L: Film/Video/Digital 111H, Literature 112M, Jewish Studies 140, Women's Studies 151

161S. Human Rights Activism. CCI, EI, R, SS Introduction to the foundations and development of the human rights movement. Explore themes related to mass violence and social conflict, U.S. foreign policy and international humanitarian law, and the challenges of justice and reconciliation around the world. Emphasis on the changing nature of human rights work and the expanding, contested boundaries of the struggle to protect basic human dignity both at home and abroad. Required participation in service learning. Instructor: Kirk. One course. C-L: Political Science 124S

162AS. Documenting Religion. CCI, CZ One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies 168S; also C-L: Religion 161QS, Visual Studies 103GS

162S. Farmworkers in North Carolina: Roots of Poverty, Roots of Change. CCI, SS One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies 162S

163. Themes in Chinese Culture and History. CCI, CZ, SS An interdisciplinary approach to explore political, social, and cultural issues, both historical and contemporary, in China. (Taught in China) Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: History 163G, Political Science 100G, International Comparative Studies

163A. Directed Study on Contemporary China. FL, R One course. C-L: see Chinese 193; also C-L: Political Science 100GA

164S. The Anthropology of Hinduism: From Encounter to Engagement. ALP, CCI, CZ, R One course. C-L: see Religion 164S; also C-L: Documentary Studies

165. Psychological Anthropology (C, D, P). SS The influence of society on human personality and cognition. Theoretical and ethnographic studies used to explore topics that may include gender, sexuality, emotions, parent-child interaction, the effect of language on thought, and the universality of the 'self.' Instructor: Ewing or Quinn. One course. C-L: Psychology 113B, Early Childhood Education

166. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Development: A View from Japan (C, D). CCI, SS One course. C-L: see Psychology 132B; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 101G

168S. Who Cares and Why: Social Activism and its Motivations. CCI, R, SS, W One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies 164S

174. Gender and Language. CCI, R, SS One course. C-L: see Russian 174; also C-L: English 115, Women's Studies 174, Linguistics 174

175. African American Intellectual History, Twentieth Century. CCI, CZ, W Ideas about race, culture, and identity still shape strategies for African American empowerment and securing the ideals of democracy in the United States. ''Classic'' texts from each decade of the twentieth century. Explore the location of the authors' work within its historical and political contexts. Attention given to the texture of (debates within) the African American intellectual community. Instructor: Baker. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 178, History 176B

179S. Visual Cultures of Medicine. ALP, STS One course. C-L: see Visual Studies 184S; also C-L: Information Science and Information Studies 179S

180. Current Issues in Anthropology. Selected topics in methodology, theory, or area. Instructor: Staff. One course.

180S. Current Issues in Anthropology. Same as Cultural Anthropology 180 except instruction is provided in seminar format. Instructor: Staff. One course.

182. Contemporary European Issues. CCI, CZ, FL One course. C-L: see Spanish 133S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies

183. Anthropology of Sports. CCI, CZ, SS The role of sports in different cultures in the contemporary world. Dynamics of race, gender, sexuality, fantasy and desire, mythmaking and the culture of celebrity, commercial and mass media. Instructor: Starn. One course.

186A. Independent Study. Individual non-research directed study in a field of special interest on a previously approved topic, under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in an academic product. With consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies. One course. Instructor: Staff. One course.

186B. Research Independent Study. R Individual research in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. With consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies. Instructor: Staff. One course.

187. Variety in Language: English in the United States. CCI, SS One course. C-L: see Linguistics 187; also C-L: English 187, International Comparative Studies 151C

190. Theoretical Foundations of Cultural Anthropology. CCI, SS Major schools and theories of cultural anthropology. Normally taken in junior year. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies

191AS. The Middle East in Popular Culture. CCI, CZ, SS Popular culture in the Middle East and images of the Middle East in United States' popular culture, covering a variety of cultural forms, including film, music, and comic books. How cultural forms relate to political and historical processes. Wars and political conflicts; gender, race, sexuality, and ethnicity. Instructor: Stein. One course. C-L: Asian and African Languages and Literature 158S, Literature 163MS

191C. American Marriage: A Cultural Approach. R, SS Americans' cultural understandings of marriage and its central place in American life and relation to American ideas about fulfillment, commitment, autonomy, love, and gender roles. Interdisciplinary readings; individually designed research project involving conduct and analysis of interviews about marriage. Instructor: Quinn. One course.

191ES. Global Environmentalism and the Politics of Nature. CCI, CZ, SS, STS Exploration of several themes: how local, national, and transnational organizations manage the environment, discuss it, study it, protect and defend it; who speaks for nature and to what ends; the differences between capitalist and socialist approaches to the environment; how relations among natures, nations, social movements, individuals, and institutions have changed over time. Case studies from Africa, East and Southeast Asia, India, Latin America, and the United States; study of new theoretical writing on the relationship between humans, technology, capital, and nature. Instructor: Litzinger. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies

191FS. The Inca Empire and Colonial Legacies. CCI, CZ, SS Focus on the history of the Inca empire, its complex economic organization, ecologically sensitive use of environmental resources, sophisticated political and religious structures, and magnificent architecture and material culture. How the empire's descendents accommodated and challenged the forces of Spanish colonialism. Instructor: Silverblatt. One course. C-L: History 179BS

191H. The African Diaspora. CCI, CZ, SS One course. C-L: see African and African American Studies 192H; also C-L: International Comparative Studies

191J. Gender and Sexuality in Latin America. CCI, CZ, SS Gender and sexuality as strands within complex fabrics of identification. Anthropological case studies, including ethnography, film, and theoretical analyses, drawn from Latin America; the possibility of specific gender formations in that geographical region. Relations among men, women, "cochones," "machos," "virgenes," Malinches, "mestizos," "mujeres Mayas," "travestis," revolutionaries, gringos and gringas, throughout the whole continent of the Americas. How gender and sexuality affect and are affected by other forms of identification such as race and ethnicity, class, colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. The role of stereotypes. Instructor: Nelson. One course. C-L: Women's Studies 189, International Comparative Studies 130B, Latin American Studies, Study of Sexualities

191N. Sex and Money. CCI, SS Sexual practices that involve transactions of money in different cultural and historical settings, including "regular" marriage practices that involve exchanges of money and goods as well as extramarital practices where one party is selling bodily acts. Examination of the ethics and politics of these exchanges questioning who benefits from them (and who not) and how to also assess other bodily transactions including prostitution and surrogacy. Reading materials on sexual practices in different cultural contexts (including Tonga, Thailand, Brazil, India, Ghana, China, Japan, Russia, Turkey, Indonesia). Comparisons made in terms of culture, religion, ethical systems, politics, and economy. Instructor: Allison. One course.

191P. Globalization and Anti-Globalization. CCI, CZ, SS The politics and process of globalization in light of the responses, ideologies, and practices of the anti-globalization movement. Focus on the interrelationship between the analysis of globalization and policy formulation on such topics as social justice, labor, migration, poverty, natural resource management, and citizenship. Case studies from the United States, Latin America, South and East Asia, Africa, and Europe. Instructor: Litzinger. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 101H

191QS. Travel, Gender, and Power. Nineteenth-century travel and imperialism; contemporary tourism; the relationship between leisure and power, globalization and consumption, the role of gender, sex and exploitation. Instructor: Stein. One course. C-L: Asian and African Languages and Literature 157S, Literature 132BS, Women's Studies 181S

191R. Globalizing Consumer Cultures. CCI, SS The global spread of forms of consumer culture and their local appropriations, particularly the phenomenon of a globalizing "middle-class" culture and its local variations world wide. The historic emergence of a middle class in the United States and elsewhere in the world. The way local requirements for social respectability and "normalcy" are increasingly defined by the imagined lifestyles of average citizens in so-called "first world" countries. Instructor: Fehervary. One course.

191T. Medical Anthropology. CCI, EI, SS, STS Cross cultural experiences and understanding of health and illness, the body and non-biological aspects of medicine. Culture-specific sickness (like envidia, running amok, attention deficit disorder). Class, race, and gender inflected experiences of health. Various societies' organization of health care specialists, including biomedical doctors, voudon priestesses, and shamans. Instructor: Davis. One course.

191U. Medical Anthropology. EI, SS, STS, W Same as Cultural Anthropology 191T except taught in writing intensive manner. Instructor: Nelson. One course.

194. Fieldwork Methods: Cultural Analysis and Interpretation. EI, R, SS, W Anthropology as a discipline (a field of study) and the site where anthropologists work: the field. Combines theories of anthropological fieldwork methods with practice, including participation, observation, and interviews. Students undertake original research in a local fieldsite of their choice and produce their own mini-ethnography. This requirement may also be satisfied by taking Cultural Anthropology 100 Duke in Ghana Anthropological Field Research. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Global Health

195S. Senior Seminar Distinction Program Sequence. R No credit for Cultural Anthropology 195S without satisfactory completion of Cultural Anthropology 196S. Consent of director of undergraduate studies required. Instructor: Staff. One course.

196S. Senior Seminar Distinction Program Sequence. W Continuation of Cultural Anthropology 195S, and required for credit for 195S. Consent of director of undergraduate studies required. Instructor: Staff. One course.

198S. Special Topics in Linguistics. CCI, SS Same as Linguistics 199 except instruction is provided in a seminar format. Instructor: Staff. One course.

199H. Andean Anthropology. CCI, SS Theoretical and methodological guidelines for the construction of a genuine Andean anthropology according to contemporary sociocultural rules. Taught in Bolivia. Instructor: Staff. One course.

199J. Workshop on Popular Culture. CCI, FL, SS Popular culture in Bolivia examined through documentary study and field work, especially using oral history. (Taught in Bolivia.) Instructor: Staff. One course.

For Seniors and Graduates

200. Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology. CCI Topics differ by section. Instructor: Staff. One course.

202. Semiotics of Culture. ALP, CCI, CZ, R One course. C-L: see Russian 202; also C-L: English 206

203S. African Modernities. CCI, SS One course. C-L: see African and African American Studies 213S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies

207S. Anthropology and History. SS Recent scholarship that combines anthropology and history, including culture history, ethnohistory, the study of mentalité, structural history, and cultural biography. The value of the concept of culture to history and the concepts of duration and event for anthropology. Prerequisite: major in history, one of the social sciences, or comparative area studies; or graduate standing. Instructor: Reddy. One course. C-L: History 210S

208S. Language Evolution and Acquisition. R, SS One course. C-L: see Linguistics 203S

213S. Linguistics and Law. SS One course. C-L: see Linguistics 213S; also C-L: English 215S

249S. Anthropology and Psychology (C, P). CCI, SS Cross-cultural approaches to the psyche, including applications of social psychology, psychoanalysis, and trans-cultural psychiatry to anthropological questions such as culturally expressed psychic conflicts and pathologies, gender and sexuality, communication, rationality, affect, and motivations. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Psychology 249S

254. East Asian Cultural Studies. ALP, CCI, CZ, R One course. C-L: see Asian and African Languages and Literature 253; also C-L: International Comparative Studies

260. Modern Japanese Literature and Culture. ALP, CCI, CZ, R One course. C-L: see Asian and African Languages and Literature 262; also C-L: International Comparative Studies

264S. Millennial Capitalisms: Global Perspectives. CCI, CZ, R, SS Critical examination of the problematic of capital from the late nineteenth century until the present moment. Anthropological frameworks and related disciplinary approaches to the multiple cultural productions and lived experiences under divergent forms of capitalism in the new millennium. Focus on East Asia. Theories of capitalism, globalization and anti-globalization movements, "imaginaries" and fantasies, nature and the virtual, consumption, and disciplinary practices of the body. Instructors: Allison and Litzinger. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 221BS

279S. Race, Racism, and Democracy. CCI, SS, W The paradox of racial inequality in societies that articulate principles of equality, democratic freedom, and justice for all. Instructor: Baker. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 279S

280. Selected Topics. Special topics in methodology, theory, or area. Instructor: Staff. One course.

280S. Seminar in Selected Topics. Same as Cultural Anthropology 280 except instruction provided in seminar format. Instructor: Staff. One course.

281S. Masculinities. CCI, CZ, R, SS How masculinities are constructed, performed and inhabited. Theorization of the masculine subject in sociocultural, political and psychodynamic terms within colonial and modernizing contexts. Issues of gendered citizenship. Role of scholarship and the media in constituting hegemonic, subaltern, ethnic, female, and stigmatized masculinities. Instructor: Ewing. One course. C-L: Women's Studies 281S

284S. Transnationalism and Public Culture. CCI, SS Critical examination of issues in transnational studies in anthropology and beyond. Tracking the theories of contemporary scholars of the global, and examining new multisited strategies of method, we explore the emerging ethnographic landscape of the global and the role transnational studies is playing in a revitalized anthropology of the twenty-first century. Instructor: Piot. One course.

285S. Space, Place, and Power. CCI, SS Examines relationship between space and power by studying how communities make and negotiate spaces, how identities are forged out of space, and the relationship between cultural and spatial practices. Spatial components of globalization, sexuality and sexual identity, race and gender, and the geographic and cartographic histories of imperialism. Interdisciplinary readings from disciplines of geography, anthropology, cultural studies, women's studies, urban studies and others. Readings in the work of Lefebvre, Foucault, Harvey, Stoler, Pratt, and others. Aims to develop a critical, theoretical approach to space and spatiality. Instructor: Stein. One course. C-L: Asian and African Languages and Literature 230S, Women's Studies 225S, Literature 287S

286S. Development. Modernity, and Social Movements. CCI, SS Modernization and ideologies of progress and nationalism; social movements, revolution, and political protest in the United States and around the world. Some prior background in cultural anthropology or social theory preferred. Consent of instructor required for undergraduate students. Instructor: Starn. One course.

287S. Ethnohistory of Latin America. CCI, CZ, R, SS Analysis of what can be known about nonwestern cultures described in texts written by European colonizers. Focus on native peoples whose lives were transformed by Spanish colonialism, with particular attention to post-Inca Andean Societies. Instructor: Silverblatt. One course. C-L: History 287BS, Literature 287BS

288S. Seminar in Asian and African Cultural Studies. CZ One course. C-L: see Asian and African Languages and Literature 200S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 200S, Literature 200S

290. Research Methods in Japanese. CCI, SS One course. C-L: see Japanese 291; also C-L: History 292, Political Science 291, Sociology 291

291S. Research Methods In International Area Studies. CCI One course. C-L: see Latin American Studies 202S; also C-L: Asian and African Languages and Literature 207S, Russian 203S, Romance Studies 202S, German 264S

299S. Special Topics in Linguistics. CCI, SS Same as Linguistics 299 except instruction is provided in a seminar format. Instructor: Staff. One course.

THE MAJOR

Major Requirements. A total of ten courses distributed in the following manner: Cultural Anthropology 94, 190, and 194; six courses at the 100 level or above, including at least one at the 191 level or above; one additional cultural anthropology course at any level. Students must take at least five of their ten courses with instructors whose primary appointment is in the Department of Cultural Anthropology. No more than three courses may be transferred from other institutions or study abroad.

Suggested Work in Related Disciplines. Related courses in other departments are strongly advised. Each student's advisor will recommend a program of related work to complement the student's concentration and interests in cultural anthropology.

Departmental Graduation with Distinction

The department offers an intensive and personalized Graduation with Distinction program to qualified seniors, who research and write a senior thesis on a topic of their own choice in close collaboration with members of the cultural anthropology faculty. Admission to the program requires a 3.0 grade point average overall and a 3.3 grade point average in the major, both of which must be maintained to graduation for the student to be eligible for distinction. Qualified juniors will be notified each year by the director of undergraduate studies about their eligibility. To pursue distinction, students must then enroll in the senior seminar, Cultural Anthropology 195S and Cultural Anthropology 196S, in the fall and spring of their senior year, where they will learn about research methods and prepare a thesis. Credit for Cultural Anthropology 195S and Cultural Anthropology 196S is given for a passing grade whether or not the student is awarded distinction. The thesis can be based on original fieldwork on a topic of the student's choice, archival or library research, or some combination of various anthropological methods. Previous topics have ranged from studies of the influence of feminism in cultural anthropology to causes of revolution in Latin America, patterns of socialization of Mormon youth in Utah, music in the African diaspora (drawing on summer study in Ghana), and the consolidation of Korean-American identity through the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion. The student also forms a supervisory committee for the thesis during the fall of the senior year. It should consist of three faculty members who offer the student advice and support in preparing the thesis. At least two of the members must be faculty from the cultural anthropology department. Due in April of the senior year, the thesis must be judged of at least B+ quality by the supervisory committee to receive distinction. In addition, the student must pass an oral examination on the thesis, which is given on its completion by the supervisory committee, and present their findings to the public. Students who fulfill the above requirements graduate with distinction in cultural anthropology.

A typical sequence would be: select a research topic; take the senior seminar in fall and spring; form a supervisory committee; complete the research and writing by April and submit the final draft to the supervisory committee; schedule the oral defense for some time in early or mid-April; defend the thesis in an oral examination given by the supervisory committee.

THE MINOR

Requirements. A total of five courses distributed in the following manner: Cultural Anthropology 94; three courses at the 100 level or above; and one additional course at any level (this may include courses taken in the Focus Program).