Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Anthropology

Meeting: 1:00PM - 3:30PM T (13-JAN-2025 - 25-APR-2025) 

Part of Term: Full Term

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Method of Instruction: Face to Face

Credit Hours: 3

 

Section Max Enrollment: 10

Section Enrolled: 10

Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 18

Total Cross-list Enrolled: 14

Waitlisted: 5 (Max 198) 

Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.

Enrollment data as of: 26-DEC-2024 5:00PM

 

 

Final Exam: No Final Exam

 

Description: Most of us think of capitalism as primarily an economic phenomenon. Yet, it also has a profoundly cultural dimension. This class will examine how capitalism and related phenomena, such as commodification, markets and marketing, corporate finance and the calculation of risk, both affect and are affected by culture. We will consider the impact of capitalist markets on social relations and gender identities; on ideals of patriotism, responsibility and success; and on popular culture and leisure practices. We will also ask how people resist, appropriate and modify in culturally specific ways the logic and institutions of a global capitalist order. Cross-list: ANTH 572. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 372 if student has credit for ANTH 572.