Description
This course is an examination of the contemporary American family as an economic, political, ideological, and legal entity within the cross-cultural and historical framework of kinship. Through an analysis of films and texts, and by giving oral presentations, students will raise critical questions concerning the impact of industrialization and modernization on courtship, engagement, marriage, and family life. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to critically analyze the “norms†of family life with which they are familiar through the lens of anthropological kinship and ecological theory, critical race theory, and sociological theory on the post-modern family. No prerequisites.