NAPA VALLEY COLLEGE

Anthropology 121: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Instructor: Ilana Johnson, Ph.D.

 

 

Lecture Notes

UNIT 1

Week 1 (8/16), Week 2 (8/23), Week 3 (8/30), Week 4 (Labor Day - No Class)

Week 5 (9/13), Week 6 (9/20), Week 7 (9/27), Week 8 (10/4), Week 9 (Midterm)

 

UNIT 2

Week 10 (10/18), Week 11 (10/25), Week 12 (11/1), Week 13 (11/8)

Week 14 (11/15), Week 15 (11/22), Week 16 (11/29), Week 17 (12/6)

 

FINAL EXAM: Monday December 13th, 1:00-3:00pm

 

 

Handouts

Syllabus - Fall 2010

Paper Assignment #1

Study Guide - Midterm

Paper Assignment #2

Study Guide - Final Exam

 

 

Film Viewing Guides

Films are available for viewing at the Media Center in the McCarty Library.  You may sign out the video for 2 hours and watch in the computer lab.  You may not take a video home or keep it overnight.

Maharaja Burger

He Said, She Said

China's Only Child

Nai: The Story of a !Kung Woman

A Land Without Fathers or Husbands

Warriors of the Amazon

Understanding Race

Transsexuals

Immigrant Health Care

 

 

Extra Credit

Attend a Religious Ceremony

 

 

Online Videos

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Sheena Iyengar - The Art of Choosing

Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising's Image of Women

 

 

Anthropology in the News!

Cannibalism among the Wari'

Memoirs of the Veil

 

 

Student Resources

NVC Student Services

Scholarship Guide

NVC Anthropology Study Abroad Program

Archaeology Links

Evolution Links

PampaGrande.org

 

 

Articles

Miner - The Nacirema

Harris - India's Sacred Cow

 

 

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