AN260

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Language & Gender

Anthropology Colorado College

Course Subject Code

AN

Course Number

260

Course Long Title

Language & Gender

Status

Active

Division

Social Sciences

Department

Unit(s)

1

Schedule Type

Block Seminar

Instruction Mode

Traditional

Grade Modes

Letter Grades, S/CR/NC, Audit

Course Attributes

CLAI, CLSH, CPS

Course Description

This course will introduce students to the anthropological and cross-disciplinary study of gender and language. It will explore new directions for gender and language studies through the critique of past approaches and the discussion of contemporary research and theory contributing to our understanding of language, society, and the sociocultural construction of genderidentities. Gender is conceptualized in terms of sliding scales of sex, sexuality, and gender socialization, with an emphasis on language's role in gender performativity. Students will collect and analyze samples of gendered language use in a specific sociocultural community.

Courses

AN260 is a prerequisite for:

Programs

AN260 is a completion requirement for: