The class welcomes students from a variety of disciplines including both social science and literary ones; the emphasis is, however, partly on anthropological questions. Students should have a good working knowledge of French, Spanish, German, Chinese, or Japanese, in addition to English.

Four texts are available at The University BookStore. Other readings are either accessible directly from links on the syllabus. Grades will be based on grades on the individual exercises. It is not possible for me to assign grades based on class participation.