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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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