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136-008 Sentiments and Structures: The Modalities of Kinship and Family | |
Note | Formerly available as 136-274/374. Students who have completed 136-274/374 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Roger Just |
Prerequisites | see Prerequisites |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in the first and last weeks of semester |
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 | An essay of 3000 words, and a 1-hour examination. |
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