University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

SYLLABUS:ANTHROPOLOGY 304

FAMILY, KIN & COMMUNITY

Fall 2006

Instructor: Dr. Lynn Walter	Schedule: 10 MWF
Office: MAC Hall B308	Room: MAC Hall 221
Phone: 465-2474 (-2355 message)	Office Hours: 1-3 MW, 2-3 T
Email: walterl@uwgb.edu	Course page: www.uwgb.edu/walterl/kinship

Class e-mail: c9025@uwgb.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course focuses on family and kinship in comparative and historical perspective. We will look at families in their social and cultural context and ask what relationships exist between family forms, practices, and values and the economic system, political organization, religions and cultures of the larger community. We will also ask what the sources of love and support, as well as conflict and tension, are within families and among kin; and we will question why family forms and ideal family types change over time. Finally, we will examine the role of government in supporting the welfare of families cross-culturally and historically.

REQUIRED READING:

·         Stone, Linda 2006. Kinship and Gender, An Introduction, ^3rd ed.

·         Hamabata, Matthews 1990. Crested Kimono

·         Coontz, Stephanie 2005. Marriage, A History

ON RESERVE: 

·        Pederson, Jane Marie, Between Memory and Reality, Family and Community in Rural Wisconsin 1870-1970

·        Franklin, Donna, Ensuring Inequality, The Structural Transformation of the African-American Family

REQUIREMENTS:

·         Mid-term Exam    30%

·         Final Exam            30%

·         Term paper            40%

·         Discussion             10%

 

SCHEDULE:

Week 1

Defining Family

Sept. 4-8

Reading: Stone, Chapter 7 (omit pp. 237-244 on dowry)
                  Coontz, Introduction, Chapters 1-3

Week 2

Historical Perspectives on Families

Sept. 11-15

Reading: Coontz, Chapters 4-8

Week 3

Continued

Sept. 18-22

Reading: Coontz, Chapters 9-14

Sept. 18 class will meet in CL 304

Sept. 20 class will meet in IS 1129A

Week 4

Continued

Sept. 25-29
Reading: Coontz, Chapters 15-17
 

Weeks 5-7

Reproduction  and Population Descent Systems & Terminology

 

 

Oct. 2-20

Reading: Stone, Chapters 1 & 6 (omit Case 10 on pp. 211-229)

Film: The Baka

*****MID-TERM EXAM, Friday, Oct. 20 (The MID-TERM EXAM DATE IS APPROXIMATE. THE ACTUAL DATE WILL DEPEND UPON THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE IN UNDERSTANDING THE CONTENT)

Reading: Stone, Chapter 4

Week 8

Matrilineal Families

Oct. 23-27

Film: Seasons of the Navajo

Reading:  Stone, Chapter 3

Week 9

Patrilineal Kinship and Gender: India

Oct. 30 - Nov. 3

Reading: Hamabata, Preface, Chapters 1-3.

Film: Dadi's Family

Week 10

Class and Families: Japan

Nov. 6-10

Reading: Hamabata, Chapters 4-7.

Week 11

Class, Race and Families

Nov. 13-17

Week 12-13

The State and Families: U.S. and Denmark

Nov. 20-Dec. 1 

Thanksgiving break Nov. 23-24

TERM PAPER DUE, Wednesday Nov. 29

Week 14

Continued

Dec. 4-8

Week 15

Term  paper presentations

Dec. 11-15

******FINAL EXAM 10:30-12:30 Monday, December 18

Consistent with the federal law and the policies of the University of Wisconsin, it is the policy of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to provide appropriate and necessary accommodations to students with documented physical and learning disabilities. If you anticipate requiring any auxiliary aids or services, you should contact me or the Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities at 465-2671 as soon as possible to discuss your needs and arrange for the provision of services.

 

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