Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Georgetown University/Culture and Society: Arab World (Spring 2014)/Course description

This course is a graduate level seminar required for culture and society concentrators in the master of Arab Studies. The course introduces students to anthropology’s study of contemporary Arab society, in both broad conceptual terms as well as through ethnography of everyday life. The course begins with reading and discussion about anthropological approaches to the study of the Arab world and to culture more generally. Following this introduction to anthropology, and related critical terms and concepts, we will explore a range of issues and themes through reading and analysis of ethnography and history, including:


 * Family and kin relations
 * Poetry, sentiment and value
 * Gendered relations
 * Neoliberalism, economic development and the divisions of labor
 * The nature of the public/public spheres
 * Religion, secularism and religious authority(ies)
 * Memorializing and memory
 * Nation, nationalism and national narratives
 * Production and consumption of expressive culture
 * Art, music and cultural politics

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