Anna Horolets

ANTH 224 Folklore of Central Asia 

3 credits 

This course is devoted to an overview of works from various cultures considered to be in the 

oral tradition, with a special focus on Central Asian oral tradition. Students will seek out 

themes and symbols recurring throughout the network and explore various interpretations. 

Commonality and divergence of theme, symbol and motifs will be discussed.  

ANTH 210 Anthropology of Kinship 

3 credits 

Within contemporary kinship discipline, it has become important to inquire about practices 

and the meanings of relationships and the language used about relationships as a starting point 

for analysis of kinship in different societies. Many kinship systems existed in the past and 

many still exist today. Students examine kinship systems and analyze theoretical debates 

concerning concepts: kinship and marriage, kinship and gender, and Kinship and household. 

 

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