ANTH 4338 - Reading Culture (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course evaluates ethnographic writing as a form of narrative and exposes students to the breadth and depth of the styles and content that anthropologists use to communicate. Students will learn to read critically and efficiently, and will write a book review according to the standards of the discipline. The class will focus on understanding ethnographies in their cultural contexts, and read studies from around the globe to illustrate the various ways in which ethnographers write culture.