Anthropology/Women's & Gender Studies

This is a hybrid class that will meet 7:00-8:30 p.m. on Mondays face-to-face in room 206 at the Wildwood campus and simultaneously live online in 104 CCB on the UM-St. Louis campus. The remaining contact hours will be online.

Register for either a face-to-face section at Wildwood or a live online section at UMSL. The sections will be identical, but the professor will be in the classroom at Wildwood as opposed to live via the Internet at UMSL.

Register for one of the Wildwood sections OR one of the UMSL sections:

ANTHRO 2191, Class #14890 or WGST 2150, Class #14892
Face-to-face in room 206, St. Louis Community College at Wildwood
or
ANTHRO 2191, Class #14889 or WGST 2150, Class #14891
Live online in 104 Computer Center Building, UMSL

Regular UM-St. Louis students may register online at https://myview.umsl.edu or at the Registrar's Office in 351 Millennium Student Center. New students may register by contacting Ashley Patterson at (314) 516-5974 or pattersonam@umsl.edu.

Course Description

As women (and men) become increasingly conscious of women's literary accomplishments, this course allows for and encourages reading and critiquing international authors, who write in English, using the conceptual framework of cultural anthropology. We will use the lens of cultural anthropology to gain an additional appreciation for the value of ethno-autobiography and the theoretical concepts brought to life through fiction, nonfiction, and other creative narratives, such as poetry.

Course Objectives

1. Understand the ethnographic lessons inherent in postcolonial and ethnic-based fiction and nonfiction written by and about women.
2. Discuss the manner in which prose fiction represents the notion of self and the "other" through aspects of texts such as narration and character.
3. Explore cultural constructs of self that are created through gender-specific lens.
4. Learn the language of literary critique in anthropological discourse.

World Regions

Africa | Asia | Middle East | India

World Religions

Christianity | Islam | Secular Humanism | Hinduism | Traditional