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Anthropology 11: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Professor John B. Wolford
Ref. No  10330  (Anthro 011) 3 credits

Winter semester, 2002

University of Missouri—St. Louis
 
 

Class room: Benton Hall 102

Class time: TR 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Wolford's web page: http://www.umsl.edu/~wolfordj
Office Hours: TR 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.; 

and by appointment on TR 

Anthro Dept. Clark Hall 516

JBW Phone: 516-6474 (TR) 

746-4560 (MWF)

516-6020 (dept.)

Email: wolfordj@msx.umsl.edu 

 

READING AND TEST SCHEDULE:

Anthropology 011: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Links to sections of this page: [Texts] [UMSL Calendar for Winter Semester 2002] [January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [Bottom of this Page]

Links to outside web pages: [Wolford's A11 Web Page] [My Gateway Page] [Reserves Page]

TEXTS

The textbook (Haviland) should be in the Campus bookstore. If it is not there, please notify me immediately.
 

Required Textbooks

Library Catalog Author Title
In the TJL Stacks; and Reserve William Haviland Cultural Anthropology, 10th ed. (WH)
Reserve Barre Toelken "Folklore and Cultural Worldview" 
Reserve Richard Handler and Jocelyn Linnekin "Tradition, Genuine or Spurious?"

Recommended Texts

Library Catalog Author Title
Reserve Americo Paredes "Folk Medicine and the intercultural jest"
Reserve Jose Limón "Folklore, social conflict, and the US-Mexican border" 
Also: Various readings in the Thomas Jefferson Library (TJL) or in handouts, as assigned in class or in the syllabus. The listings on reserve for this class are under the Thomas Jefferson Library catalog listings at UM-St. Louis, under Reserve, by professor (Wolford), and then Anthro 11. RETURN TO TOP
Winter Semester 2002


Tuesday, class work begins 8:00 a.m. Monday January 14
Monday, Dr. Martin Luther King holiday Monday January 21
Spring recess begins 5:00 p.m. Saturday March 23
Class work resumes Monday April 01
Classes end at 11:00 p.m. Monday May 06
Intensive study day* Tuesday May 07
Final examinations begin Wednesday May 08
Second semester closes, end of day Thursday May 16
Annual commencement Saturday May 18

*Intensive study days - no classes held, no exams.


 

Class Schedule, Readings, and Tests 

Weeks 1 & 2: Jan 15, 17; 22, 24 Introduction to class; Basic concepts

Map section. pp. xxiv-xxxiv

WH Ch 1: 2-29

Toelken, "Folklore and cultural worldview," TJL Reserve
Handler and Linnekin, "Tradition, genuine or spurious?" TJL Reserve

 **January 22: Individual appointments begin**
 

Week 3: Jan 29, 31 Culture and Society

**January 29 & 31: Individual appointments continue** WH Ch 2: 32-53

Week 4: Feb 5, 7 The Future Of Humanity

**Feb 5: Individual appointments continue** WH Ch 16: 452-485
 
 
Test 1 Feb. 07: Chapters 1, 2, 16; Toelken; Handler & Linnekin
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Week 5: Feb 12, 14 Arts, Aesthetics, Pleasure in Daily Life

**Feb 12, 14: Individual appointments continue** WH Ch 14: 388-415


Week 6: Feb 19, 21 Language and Communication

**Feb 19, 21: Individual appointments continue** WH Ch 4: 90-117


Week 7: Feb 26, 28 Growing Up Human—Culture and Personality

**Feb 26, 28: Individual appointments continue—and will continue in future weeks for any students who have not yet met with the professor** WH Ch 5: 118-147


Week 8: March 5, March 7 Continuation of Growing Up Human

**March 05: Individual appointments continue** WH Ch 5: 118-147
 
 
Test 2 March 07:  Chapters 14, 4, 5
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Week 9: March 12, 14 Patterns of Subsistence—and Adaptation

**March 12,  14: Individual appointments continue—and will continue in future weeks for any students who have not yet met with the professor** WH Ch 6: 148-179


Week 10: March 19, 21 Economic Systems

WH Ch 7: 180-209

Week 11: March 26, 28 Spring Break


Week 12: April 02, 04 Political Organization and Social Control

WH Ch 12: 324-359


Week 13: April 09, 11 Continuation of Political Organization and Social Control

WH Ch 12: 324-359
 
 
Test 3 April 11:  Chapters 6, 7, 12
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Week 14: April 16, 18 Family and Household

 
WH Ch 9: 242-267

**with mention during lecture of key elements in Chapter 8: Sex and Marriage (212-241)


Week 15: April 23, 25 Anthropology of Religion

WH Ch 13: 360-387

Week 16: April 30, May 2 Kinship and other Sociocultural Groupings

WH Ch 11: 296-321

Rec.: Paredes, "Folk medicine and the intercultural jest" TJL Reserve

Limón, "Folklore, social conflict, & the US-Mex. border" TJL Reserve
Test 4: May 02 Chapters 9, 11, 13 with possible readings from Limón and Paredes
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NOTE WELL: NO FINAL TO BE GIVEN
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created: January 08, 2001
previously revised: February 12, 2001
last revised: January 02, 2002