Course Description

This seminar provides an in-depth exploration of the ways in which anthropologists research, write, and theorize globalization. Focusing on the social and cultural transformations associated with globalization in Asia, the course explores how these changes are gendered: how they affect women and men, gendered subjectivities, family relations, and cultural conceptions of gender and gender roles. Topics to be considered include: colonialism, factory work, alternative modernities, migration, consumption, and intimate economies. Readings will consist of social scientific theory (Marx, Foucault, Hannerz, Bourdieu), recent contributions in gender theory (Butler, Freeman) and contemporary ethnographies of Asia (e.g. Ong, Kondo, Brenner, Adrian, Constable).

Course Syllabus

Study Guide Questions for Readings and Writing Assignments

Research Proposal Assignment

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