UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis

Anthropology 149
134. Buddhism in Global Culture (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
one lower division course in Anthropology, Sociology,
History, or Religious Studies. Buddhist meditation
and ritual as a cultural system that adapts to
global and local forces of change. Anthropological
theory and method in understanding global culture
transmission, including Buddhist reform movements
in Asia and Buddhist practice in the West. Limited
enrollment. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
135. Peasant Society and Culture (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Comparative study of peasant communities,
utilizing historical and ethnographic sources;
analysis of urban-rural relations; problems of economic
development and culture change. GE credit:
SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) C. Smith
136. Ethnographic Film (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Overview of the use of film in anthropology
and its advantages and limitations in comparison
to written ethnographic descriptions. Essential
features of ethnographic films. Film production in
anthropological research and problems encountered
in producing films in the field. GE credit: SocSci,
Wrt.
137. Meditation and Culture (4)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; discussion—1 hour.
Prerequisite: one lower division course in Anthropology,
Sociology, History, Philosophy, Psychology, or
Religious Studies. Study and practice of the relation
between meditation and cultural conditioning; comparison
of Buddhist practice with other cultural constructions
of mind, body, brain, thought, emotion,
and self. Limited enrollment. Not offered every
year.—III. (III.) Klima
138. Ethnographic Research Methods in
Anthropology (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
courses 2 and 137. Basic concepts in and
approaches to ethnographic field research. Problem
formulation, research design, qualitative and quantitative
data collection procedures, and techniques for
organizing, retrieving, and analyzing information.
Ethnographic description and constructed inference.
Students will organize and conduct individual
research projects. GE credit: SocSci.—III. (III.)
de la Cadena
139AN. Race, Class, Gender Systems (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Comparative analysis of class/race/gender
inequality, concentrating on the ways in which
beliefs about descent, “blood,” and biological difference
interact with property and marital systems to
affect the distribution of power in society. Not open
for credit to students who have completed course
139. (Former course 139.) GE credit: SocSci, Div,
Wrt.—II. (II.) de la Cadena
139BN. Gender and Sexuality (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2 or consent of instructor. Gender and sexuality
in foraging bands, horticultural and pastoral
tribes, agricultural and industrial states. Debates on
cultural evolution and distribution of gender hierarchies.
Impact of politics, economics, religion, social
practices, women's movements on gender and sexuality.
Culture, nature, and sexuality. Not open for
credit to students who have completed course 130.
(Former course 130.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—
I. (I.) Choy
140A. Cultures and Societies of West and
Central Africa (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Ethnographic survey of West Africa and
Congo Basin with analyses of representative societies
which illustrate problems of general theoretical
concern. Major consideration will be the continuities
and discontinuities between periods prior to European
contact and the present. GE credit: SocSci,
Div, Wrt.
140B. Cultures and Societies of East and
South Africa (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Ethnographic survey of Eastern and Southern
Africa with analyses of selected societies which
illustrate problems of interest to anthropologists.
Major consideration will be given to continuities and
discontinuities between periods prior to European
contact and the present. GE credit: SocSci, Div,
Wrt.—III. (III.) J. Smith
141A. Indians of North America (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2 or consent of instructor. Introductory survey
of the Indians of North America: origins, languages,
civilizations, and history. GE credit: SocSci, Div,
Wrt.
141B. Ethnography of California and the
Great Basin (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2 or consent of instructor. Description and
analysis of the native peoples of California and the
Great Basin, and their lifeways at the time of European
contact. (Former course 141C.) GE credit: Soc-
Sci, Div, Wrt.
142. Peoples of the Middle East (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Peoples of the Middle East (including
North Africa). Discussions of class relations, kinship
organization, sex/gender systems, religious beliefs
and behavior, ethnic relations, political systems.
Impact of world systems, political and religious
movements and social change. (Former course 136.)
GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Joseph
143A. Ethnology of Southeast Asia (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Patterns of culture and social organization
from prehistory to the present, in the context of historical,
ecological, economic, and political settings.
Emphasis on the relation of ethnic minorities to
national states. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.)
Yengoyan
143B. Philippine Societies and Culture (4)
Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite:
course 2. Introduction to the ethnology of the Philippines.
Nature and distribution of ethnic groups,
social organizations, cultural patterns and social
issues. Emphasis on ethnic minorities, rural populations,
effects of modernization, and relation of the
state to local groups. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
144. Contemporary Societies and Cultures
of Latin America (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Introduction to contemporary social structure
of Latin America. Origins, maintenance and
changes in inequality: economic responses to poverty,
sociocultural responses to discrimination, and
political responses to powerlessness. GE credit: Soc-
Sci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) de la Cadena
145. Performance, Embodiment, and Space
in South Asia (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 2
or consent of instructor. South Asian cultures and
societies with a focus on performance, embodiment,
and space from several disciplinary fields. Topics
may include colonialism, nationalism, religious traditions,
media, popular culture, cities, social movements,
modernity, body-cultures, identity, gender,
and diasporas. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div,
Wrt.—II. (II.) Srinivas
146. Peoples and Politics of Mexico and
Central America (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Politics and culture in Mexico and Central
America from the time of Independence to the present.
Non-indigenous as well as indigenous people.
Regional focus will vary. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
147. Peoples of the Pacific (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2 or consent of instructor. Ethnographic survey
of aboriginal cultures of Oceania. Comparison
of origins, prehistory, and traditional social organization
of peoples of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia.
Consideration of recent changes associated
with colonialism and national independence. GE
credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
148A. Culture and Political Economy in
Contemporary China (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 2
or consent of instructor. Examining contemporary
Chinese culture and political economy through reading
ethnographic studies on recent transformations in
rural and urban Chinese society. Special attention is
given to state power, popular culture, spatial mobility,
city space, and gender. GE Credit: Div, SocSci,
Wrt.—I. (I.) Zhang
148AS. Culture and Political Economy in
Contemporary China (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2 or consent of instructor. Examination of contemporary
central aspects of Chinese culture and
political economy through reading ethnographic
studies on recent transformations in rural and urban
areas. Special attention to state power, privatization,
popular culture, migration, consumption, village
life, city space, class, and gender relations.
Taught in China. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
148B. Family, Gender, and Population in
Contemporary China (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Analysis of family process, gender relations,
and population dynamics in relation to state
power in China since 1949. GE credit: SocSci, Div,
Wrt.
148C. Ethnic Diversity of China (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Analysis of China's ethnic diversity
through time and space. Interethnic relations in
changing state systems examined among Han majority
subethnic groups (e.g., Cantonese, Hakka) and
borderlands minorities (e.g., Hmong, Tibetan).
Emphasizes intersections of gender and class with
race/ethnicity/nationality. GE credit: SocSci, Div,
Wrt.
149A. Traditional Japanese Society (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Patterns of culture and social organization
from prehistoric to early twentieth-century Japan.
Origins, prehistory, and traditional religious and
political systems, marriage and kinship, language
and culture. Changes and continuities in traditional
and contemporary Japanese culture are addressed.
GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
149B. Contemporary Japanese Society (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to
contemporary Japanese social structure, social organization,
and patterns of culture. Analysis of ruralurban
cultural continuities and contrasts, class relations,
political and economic systems, kinship, sex/
gender systems, contemporary religious beliefs and
behavior, conflict, consensus, and cultural stereotypes.
GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
151. Primate Evolution (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 1 or Biological Sciences 1B. Origin and relationships
of the prosimians, monkeys, and apes. GE
credit: SciEng, Wrt.—III. McHenry
152. Human Evolution (5)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper.
Prerequisite: course 1 or Biological Sciences 1B.
Nature and results of the evolutionary processes
involved in the formation and differentiation of
humankind. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—II. (II.)
McHenry
153. Human Biological Variation (5)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper.
Prerequisite: course 1 or Biological Sciences 1B. Origin,
adaptive significance and methods of analysis
of genetic differences among human populations.
Special attention given to racial differences such as
those in blood groups, plasma proteins, red cell
enzymes, physiology, morphology, pigmentation
and dermatoglyphics. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—I. (I.)
D.G. Smith
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2009-2010 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience