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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 6-23-1998 |
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ASB211
1998 Fall – 2000 Summer II |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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Women
in Other Cultures |
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Cross-cultural analysis of the economic, social,
political, and religious factors that affect women's status in traditional
and modern societies. Prerequisites: None. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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ASB211 1998
Fall – 2000 Summer II |
Women in Other Cultures |
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Explain core concepts and principles in the field of
anthropology. (I) |
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Trace the historical development of cross-cultural studies
of women's roles. (I) |
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Identify and analyze the theoretical approaches within
feminist anthropology. (I) |
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Contrast the concepts of sex and gender. (II) |
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Analyze theories relating to the biological and cultural
basis of women's and men's roles in society. (II) |
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Analyze theories of gender stratification. (III) |
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Describe the cross-cultural variations in women's economic
roles. (IV) |
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Apply the concept of holism to explain the relationship
between women's economic roles in various subsistence systems to their other
roles in society. (IV) |
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Analyze the relationship between kinship and marriage
systems and women's status. (V) |
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Analyze the relationship between gender stratification and
cross-cultural variations in views of female sexuality. (V) |
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Describe cross-cultural variations in women's religious
roles. (VI) |
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Describe women's participation in alternative religious
movements. (VI) |
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Compare and contrast women's political participation in
societies with different degrees of social stratification. (VII) |
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Describe the impact of European contact, colonialism, and industrialization
on women in the developing world. (VIII) |
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Analyze the impact of development policies on women in
developing countries. (VIII) |
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MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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ASB211 1998
Fall – 2000 Summer II |
Women in Other Cultures |
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I. Introduction to
Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Studies of Women's Roles A. Core concepts of
anthropology 1. Culture 2. Social-structure 3. Holism 4. Ethnocentrism 5. Cultural relativism B. Development of
anthropological interest in women and gender 1. Early women
anthropologists 2. Origin and development
of feminist anthropology II. Sex and Gender A. The nature/nurture
debate: biological versus cultural determinants of human behavior in general
and female and male behavior in particular B. Biological attributes of
sex and the cultural construction of gender C. Core concepts of gender 1. Gender status 2. Gender role 3. Gender ideology 4. Gender stereotypes III. Theories of Gender
Stratification A. Biologically based
theories B. Theories based on
cross-cultural comparison IV. Women's Economic Roles A. Gendered division of
labor 1. Biological basis 2. Productive and
reproductive activities B. Subsistence systems and
women's economic roles 1. Foraging 2. Horticulture 3. Pastoralism
4. Intensive agriculture 5. Industrialism V. Kinship, Marriage, and
Sexuality A. Descent systems and the
social power of women and men B. Marriage practices C. Cultural variation in
views of female sexuality VI. Women, Religion, and
Ideology A. Women as religious
specialists 1. Stratified societies 2. Egalitarian societies B. Women in the realm of
the sacred 1. Goddesses 2. Myths 3. Gender ideology C. Women in religious
movements 1. Revitalization movements
2. Alternative religions 3. Women's spirituality
movement 4. Spirit possession VII. Political
Participation A. Egalitarian societies:
concepts of women's and men's personal autonomy B. Ranked societies: shared
power and authority in dual-sex political systems C. Stratified societies:
women's informal political influence VIII. Women and Development
A. The impact of rural
development policies on women B. Urban development:
traditional and modern sectors of the economy |