SOAN 232 - Anthropology of Gender

This course explores the universal anthropological patterns of a sexual division of labor and variability in gender roles from several different angles. What types of activities are generally performed by men/by women - and why? How might this general pattern have evolved? What cannot be generalized? Which aspects of either the division of labor or gender roles are culturally variable? How might we explain this pattern? The course will focus on learning to identify arguments in the primary anthropological literature, to develop analytical strategies for studying division of labor and gender roles, and will question the utility of distinguishing anthropology of gender as a special field of study.

Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: General Honors Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Social Scientific Mode of Inquiry and Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.