ANTH 417 - Seminar: Gender and Sexuality Cross-Culturally

(3 credits)
Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or INTD 230 or consent of instructor
This course introduces students to cross-cultural constructions of gender and sexuality. Gender and sexuality are differentiated and students explore cultural constructions, ideologies and practices of gender and sexuality, dynamics of power and social movements for hum rights. Students explore a range of gender expressions, including homosexual males, lesbians, transgendered, bisexuals and Native American Two Spirits. Issues of masculinity, femininity and alternate genders will be examined in Euro-American, Latin American, Asian, Native American and other cross-cultural settings. Offered alternate years. (CGCL; CMCL; CSOC)