Kus, Susan M.2007-12-182007-12-181999-08-25http://hdl.handle.net/10267/522This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor....If there is a piety in cultural anthropology it is the conviction that astonishment deserves to be a universal emotion. Astonishment and the assortment of feelings that it brings with it--surprise, curiosity, excitement, enthusiasm, sympathy--are probably the affects most distinctive of the anthropological response to the difference and strangeness of ‘others’. Anthropologists encounter witchcraft trials, suttee, ancestral spirit attack, fire walking, body mutilation, the dream time, and how do they react? With astonishment. While others respond with horror, outrage, condescension, or lack of interest.... (Shweder 1991:1)en-USRhodes College owns the rights to the archival digital images in this repository. Images are made available for educational use only and may not be used for any non-educational or commercial purpose. Approved educational uses include private research and scholarship, teaching, and student projects. For additional information please contact archives@rhodes.edu. Fees may apply.Anthropology and Sociology, Department ofSyllabusCurriculumAcademic departmentsText1999 FallSyllabus