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ANSO 300-01, Identity and Social Structure: cultural motifs, Spring 2003

Zack, Lizabeth
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Anthropology and Sociology, Department of, Syllabus, Curriculum, Academic departments, Text, 2003 Spring, Seminars
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This course is an introduction to the basic sociological concepts of identity and social structure. We examine the nature of individual and group identities, why and how they form, how they both affect and are affected by our actions, and the relationship between identities and the social and political contexts in which they exist. Throughout the course, we focus on the role of identity in shaping social divisions and conflicts, political movements, and contemporary organizations and institutions. We examine the dynamics of different kinds of identities – individual, racial, class, gender, national, religious, and political – as they connect to questions about racial hierarchies, global telecommunications, wars of religion, and immigration.
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This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.