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 136-026 Contemporary Anthropological Theory

Note

Formerly available as 136-493. Students who have completed 136-493 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

4th year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr Mary Patterson

Prerequisites

Entry to fourth year Honours.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

This seminar is devoted to an examination of recent theoretical developments and controversies within anthropology. Each year an important issue that has occasioned debate within the discipline will be examined in detail. Examples of topics include the Hindmarsh Island Bridge controversy and the issues surrounding the debate between Sahlins and Obeyeskere about the meaning of the death of Cook in Hawaii.

Assessment

Written work totalling 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • M Sahlins, How 'Natives' Think About Captain Cook, for example. Chicago University Press 1995.
  • G Obeyeskere, The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Myth Making in the Pacific. Princeton University Press 1992.
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