ANTH 551 Course Description

Title: Anthropology of the Body
GE Status:
U.S. History and Government:
Prerequisites: upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Term(s) Offered:
Units: (3)
Description: Comparative cross-cultural approach to the study of the individual in society as mediated through an anthropological inquiry of the body. Social construction of the body and self in everyday life, and ways that cultural practices, social structures, and psychological tents are inscribed and reproduced through the body and bodies.
Effective: Spring 1998
Latest Offering: Fall 2007

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