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    • 21A.230J / WGS.456J The Contemporary American Family, Spring 2004 

      Jackson, Jean (2004-06)
      We begin by considering briefly the evolution of the family, its cross-cultural variability, and its history in the West. We next examine how the family is currently defined in the U.S., discussing different views about ...
    • 21A.337J / CMS.917J Documenting Culture, Spring 2004 

      Walley, Christine (2004-06)
      How — and why — do people seek to capture everyday life on film? What can we learn from such films? This course challenges distinctions commonly made between documentary and ethnographic films to ...
    • 21A.750J / STS.250J Social Theory and Analysis, Fall 2011 

      Fischer, Michael M.J. (2011-12)
      This course covers major theorists and theoretical schools since the late 19th century. Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Bourdieu, Levi-Strauss, Geertz, Foucault, Gramsci, and others.