ANTH 375Women in Southeast Asia, Past and Present

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Southeast Asia is the crossroads of many political, social, cultural, and religious systems. The region has been impacted by the ideologies of animism, Confucianism, Islam, and Buddhism. Students will examine how Southeast Asian women are impacted and how women navigate their roles and identity in the midst of changing ideologies and the dynamic influences of Chinese, Spanish, British, French, and American colonialism.