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ANT 208 Cultures of No America	3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: None. The course will focus on 6 cultural categories (race ethnicity region language lifestyle and religion) that define cultures and ethnic groups in North America and use case studies relevant to these categories. The goals are to understand questions of what defines a culture from within and without. how cultures and affinity groups interact and what identity pluralism and diversity are. The course will survey multiculturalism in North America including segregation the American caste system legal and civil rights and contemporary pluralism. The course will also examine issues of power representation association and voice as expressed through other forms of cultural affiliation such as gender and age.

ANT 208 Cultures of No America

3.0 Credits

Prerequisites: None. The course will focus on 6 cultural categories (race ethnicity region language lifestyle and religion) that define cultures and ethnic groups in North America and use case studies relevant to these categories. The goals are to understand questions of what defines a culture from within and without. how cultures and affinity groups interact and what identity pluralism and diversity are. The course will survey multiculturalism in North America including segregation the American caste system legal and civil rights and contemporary pluralism. The course will also examine issues of power representation association and voice as expressed through other forms of cultural affiliation such as gender and age.