Gender in World Cultures (ANTH-0012)

Fall 2026 · ANTH 0012 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Introduces anthropological approaches to gender in diverse contexts, and to theories of gender and culture, focusing on how individuals and societies create, reproduce, and navigate systems of sex and gender. Asks how gender is defined and contested, and how it is subject to systems of power as well as creative reimagining. Takes a cross-cultural and transnational perspective.

Course codes: ANTH-0012, ANTH 0012, ANTH0012, ANTH-12, ANTH 12, ANTH12, WGSS-0012, WGSS 0012, WGSS0012, WGSS-12, WGSS 12, WGSS12

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