Required Textbook:

Gezon and Kottak, 2013. Culture (2^nd edition). Columbus: McGraw Hill. ISBN: 978-0078035043

Book Review Options (you only need to procure the ONE book you intend to review)

• Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York: Sarah Crichton Books. ISBN: 978-0374531263
• Bumiller, Elizabeth. The Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and Her Family. New York: Vintage Publishing. ISBN: 978-0679772620
• Dumas, Firoozeh. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America. New York: Random House Publishing. ISBN: 978-0812968378
• Yiwu, Liao. The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up. Harpswell, ME: Anchor Publishing. ISBN: 978-0307388377

A survey of Western and non-Western world cultures using anthropological and historical perspectives. Special emphasis on sample groups in Africa, India, and Asia. Cross listed with HI204.

This class has four objectives:

1. Familiarize the student with the geography of selected world cultures.
2. Introduce the student to a wide range of cultural practices.
3. Chronicle the major events in the development of each culture.
4. Learn and identify cultural traits specific to certain areas of the world.