Instructor: Norah Glover

Email: glover@siskiyous.edu

I will add students, please contact me, by email, on the first day of class if you wish to add the course.

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Course Description:

In this course we will conduct a cross-cultural exploration of women's lives, their social and biological experiences in a global context.  The course focus is on the comparative analyses of the biological, evolutionary, cultural, economic, political, social, and religious spheres of women in traditional societies and contemporary nonwestern cultures.

Textbooks - Required:

• Ward, Martha and Monica Edelstein. A World Full of Women. 4th edition. Pearson. 2006. ISBN: 0-205-45442-9.
  
• Brettell, Caroline B. and Carolyn F. Sargent. Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective. 4th edition. Pearson. 2005. ISBN: 0-13-184971-9.
  

The textbooks can be obtained from the college bookstore (Weed or Yreka) or you may find them cheaper on online book sellers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Powel.com, Half.com etc... 

NOTE: If you do purchase your textbooks online make sure you order the correct version. Check the ISBN # and double check that books ordered online will arrive within the first week of class.

Advisories:

• This is a 3 unit course.
• CSU, UC
• Anth8 students should be able to read at a 10th grade (High School sophomore) level, and be eligible for or have completed English 1A.
• You should expect to spend at least 9 hours a week reading, completing assignments and project, taking quizzes, and preparing for and taking the final exam.
• You must have regular and reliable access to a computer and the Internet.

Learning Outcomes:

• Explaining the difference between biological sex and gender, and the human evolution of woman.
• Discussing how family, kinship, economic, social, politics and religion affects women's lives cross-culturally.

Course Content:

• Biology, Gender and Human Evolution
• Gender in Prehistory
• Biocultural Markers
• Domestic and Public Worlds
• Culture and Sexuality
• Culture and Personality
• Equality and Inequality - Gender Stratification
• Gender - Property & State
• Gender Household & Kinship
• Gender - Ritual and Religion
• Reproductive Politics
• Women's Human Rights
• Colonialism, Development and the Global Economy

Grading will be based on the following activities:

About the Instructor:

I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and  I spent my formative years in a variety of foreign countries: Dakar , Senegal (Africa); Berlin , Germany; London , England; Bermuda , and Guam .

I live full-time in an RV and travel throughout North America.  During this course I will travel throughout the Southwest and to the Southeast. I will share my photos of archaeological sites that I visit during my travels.

I went back to school as a "nontraditional" student in the late 1980s.  My degrees are:

• MA - Anthropology
• MS - Education with option in Online Teaching
• BA - Anthropology
• AA - History

I have participated in archaeological projects in Southern California, Arizona, Utah, North Carolina, and Honduras.  My particular anthropological interests include: Native American prehistory; origins of agriculture, and women's roles in prehistory.

I have taught both in the traditional classroom and online.  I love teaching online; it is so convenient for both instructor and students.  Although I will miss seeing your faces, we will have many lively conversations as we get to know each other during this course.