The Anthropology of Sexuality and Gender 3.0 UNITS

Catalog description

This course examines the cultural construction of human sexuality and gender in an anthropological framework. Biological and cultural bases for the multiple expressions of sexuality and gender found around the world will be presented. Case studies will include food foraging, horticultural, agricultural, industrial, and post-industrial societies. A central concern is the interaction between subsistence practices, cultural economies, and status in the construction of “normal” and “abnormal” sexualities and genders. This course is not open to students who are currently enrolled in or have completed ANTH 204, WS 205, or WGS 205 .