Ant 405 Readings

 

ANT 40501 Anthropology of Gender Dr. Dorothy D. Wills
Cal Poly Pomona

NOT FOR WINTER 2009

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"Bonobo Sex and Society"

Sara, Elizabeth

Brettell and Sargent Part I. due April 1

"Animal Models and Gender"

Claudia

"The Role of Women in Human Evolution"

Ryan

"Gender and War"

George

"Lifeboat Ethics"

Dana

"Cultural Nexus of Aka Father-Infant Bonding"

Elizabeth

Part II due April 8

"Archaeology of Gender"

Claudia

"Menstrual Huts"

Desiree

"Warriors and Rulers"

Caroline

Part III due April 13

"Domestic Sphere of Women and Public World of Men"

Lindsey

"Food, Mealtimes, and Gender in some South Wales Households"

Michelle

"Fatherhood and the Mediating Role of Women"

Elizabeth

"Cities of Women"

Sandra

Part IV due April 20

"Woman the Hunter"

Ryan

"Sexual Division of Labor on Vanatinai"

George

"Pastoral Nomadism and Gender"

Jackie

"Urban Cooperatives and the Informal Economy in Nicaragua"

Lindsey

Part V due April 27

"The Manhood Puzzle"

Erin, Sandra

"Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea"

Michelle

"Gender and Person in Chinese Society"

Jose

"Gender and the Stories Pittsburgh Police Officers Tell"

George

"Gender and Body in Northeast India"

Caroline

Part VI due May 4

"Is there a Muslim Sexuality?"

Dana

"Anthropology of Menstruation"

Desiree, Jose

"Women's Intimate Friendships"

Erin, Claudia, Carly

"Hijras: An Alternative Sex/Gender"

Lindsey

"Measuring up to Barbie"

Sara, Michelle, Carly

Part VII due May 11

"Women and the Origin of the State"

Ryan

"Dowry, Bride-burning, and Female Power"

Lindsey, Carly

"Encountering the State: Women's Political Experience"

Erin

"Japanese Mothers and Obentos"

Elizabeth, Jose

Part VIII due May 16

"Matrilineal Nayars of Kerala"

Jackie

"Domestic Networks"

Dana

"Matrifocality, Power, and Gender in Jamaica"

Jackie

"Female World of Cards and Holidays"

Sara

Part IX due May 23

"Spirit Possession in Northern Sudan"

Sandra

"Women's Obscenity in Giriama Funerary Rituals"

Michelle

"Themes of Mothering and loving in Haitian Vodou"

Dana

"Shamans, Bodies, and Sex: Korean Ritual"

Ryan, Caroline, Carly

Part X due June 1

"Giving Birth the American Way"

Erin

"Politics of Reproduction in a Mexican Village"

Claudia

"Surrogate Motherhood"

Desiree

"Female Genital Cutting"

George, Jose

Part XI due June 3

"Impact of Development on Women"

Sara

"Women's Garden Programs in Bangladesh"

Jackie

"Factory as Home and Family: Morocco"

Sandra

"Rural Women and Labor Migration in Thailand"

Caroline

"Rape and Domestic Violence in Papua New Guinea"

Desiree

 

Ant 405 Readings