ANT 370 - Theory in Anthropology

Instructor
Fairley

Theoretical and interpretive perspectives in modern cultural anthropology. Issues include functionalism, historical analysis, cultural evolution, ecology, cultural materialism, structuralism, and symbolic analysis. Writings of major thinkers, including Radcliffe-Brown, Harris, Levi-Strauss, Douglas, Geertz, Turner, Godelier, and Sahlins.

Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
ANT 101 or permission of the instructor. (Fall)