ANTH 255 Sex, Gender, Culture
This course will provide an introduction to the anthropology and critical theory of sex, sexualities, and genders from a global perspective. We will use case studies and literary representations from around the world to explore how ideology shapes the construction of sex, sexuality, and gender, and how these constructions reproduce social hierarchy and power. In ethnographic, ethnohistorical and contemporary globalizing contexts, we will look at sex and gender beyond a dualistic system; physical & cultural reproductions; global normative sexualities; and sex- & gender-based violence & power.