ANT 307: Cultures of North America

3 credits

This course is an overview of cultures and affinity groups within the United States and Canada. The course will focus on the dimensions of ethnicity, religion, race, gender and sexuality, age and generation, bodies and disabilities, class, region, and language that have served to define social groups in North America, and use case studies relevant to these categories. Our goals are to understand questions of what defines a culture from within and without; how culture and affinity groups interact, and what identity, pluralism, multiculturalism, and diversity are. We will also survey the history of multiculturalism in North America including segregation, the American caste system, legal and civil rights, contemporary pluralism, and issues of power, representation, association, and voice. Three hour lecture

Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
Co-requisite(s): None.