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 136-274 Sentiments and Structures: the Modalities of Kinship and Family

Note

Available as 136-374 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Dr Roger Just

Prerequisites

None.

Semester

1

Contact

Two hours of lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week

Subject Description

The subject is concerned with the comparative study of kinship and family in western and non-western societies, considering them as both forms of social structure and primary sites of sentimental and affective states. It will serve as an introduction to the variety of forms of kinship reckoning and family organization to be found in the world today, and will also seek to give a general understanding of the variable relationship between kinship and family and the wider issues of social identity, gender roles, economic and political organization and social structure.

Assessment

Written work totalling 3000 words, and a two-hour examination.



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