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 121-058 Sentiments and Structures

Note

Formerly available as 136-274/374/008. Students who have completed 136-274/374/008 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Roger Just

Semester

2 (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. Students who complete the subject should have an introductory knowledge of the variety of forms of kinship reckoning and family organisation to be found in the world today, and a general understanding of the variable relationship between kinship and family and the wider issues of social identity, gender roles, economic and political organisation and social structure.

Assessment

An essay of 3000 words, and a 1-hour examination.

Prescribed Texts

  • R Parkin, Kinship. An Introduction to Basic Concepts. Blackwell 1997.
  • A Weiner, The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea. Harcourt Brace 1987.


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