ANTH 6680 - Monsters, Magical Creatures, and Other Nonempirical Beings

3 Credit Hours
Description
In this anthropology course, we will explore how people in different cultural contexts understand â€œnonempirical beings,â€ or beings which cannot be verified scientifically but that nonetheless may play an important part in daily life. We will also discuss the ways that global and local inequalities and historical constructions of racial identity, politics, class, and gender shape (and may be shaped by) practices of religion, healing, magic, and sorcery.