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Class Detail:
WN 2011 Anthropology, Cultural ANTHRCUL 338 - The Arts in Anthropological Perspective Section 001
Credits:	4
Requirements & Distribution:	ULWR
Advisory Prerequisites:	ANTHRCUL 101 or 222 or sophomore standing.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Askew,Kelly M
	(real time availability for all sections)

This is a writing-intensive course exploring anthropological perspectives on the arts. We will examine both current and historical models that consider the arts as objects and events, as social processes, as practiced techniques, and as political action. Among the topics to be discussed are: aesthetics, ritual art, art in the service of power (e.g., royal regalia, praise-singers), embodied art, commercialization, and art as a mode of resistance. Case studies will be drawn from regions around the world and encompass a variety of genres including music, dance, poetry, theater, and the visual arts.

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ISBN: 9780520228221	Rara! : vodou, power, and performance in Haiti and its diaspora, Author: McAlister, Elizabeth, Publisher: Univ. of Calif. Press 2002
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