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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2025
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ANTH 572 001 (CRN: 26175)
CULTURES OF CAPITALISM
Long Title: CULTURES OF CAPITALISM
Department: Anthropology
Instructor: Lu, Vivian
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
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Section Max Enrollment: 8
Section Enrolled: 4
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 4:30PM
Final Exam: GR Course-Dept Schedules 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 372. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 572 if student has credit for ANTH 372.