Course Catalog - 2004-2005

     

ANTH 380 - CULT, SECURITY, & HUMAN RIGHTS

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Department: Anthropology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: CULTURE, SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ***** Course addresses theories of risk society and their relationship to concepts of culture, gender, security and human rights-based social movements. It addresses contemporary reorganizations of domestic, cultural and geopolitical space and also examines the increasingly intense discussions surrounding 'cultures' of fear, risk, safety, civility, governance, biopolitics and rights. ***** Also offered as HIST 380 and WGST 380. ***** Course offered Spring. ***** Instructor(s): Chivens.