Spring 2027

Anthropology of Gender

Explores theoretical and ethnographic approaches to the anthropology of gender, covering sexual inequality, research methods, gender and history, ethnographic writing, masculinity, and anthropological theory.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Maria Lepowsky3.1/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2010: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Summarize comprehensive understanding of gender relations, identities, and ideologies in cross-cultural and historical perspective across a wide range of human cultures.

  • Describe the gendered and intersectional dimensions of knowledge production in the discipline of cultural anthropology and its relationship to the history of the discipline, the development of modernist social and cultural anthropology, and the historical and contemporary uses of the ethnographic method.

  • Apply concepts of the intersections of gender, culture, race, class, ethnicity, and nationality to inform and enrich one’s own interdisciplinary research topics.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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ANTHRO/GEN&WS 920

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Raw average: 2.74/5 from 34 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2010: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MARIA LEPOWSKY is recorded teaching in Spring 2010, Spring 2014, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 150
SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 150

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2010: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Sexual inequality, research methods, gender and history, gender and ethnographic writing, cultural constructions of masculinity, sexuality, and anthropological theory.
  • Theoretical and ethnographic approaches to the anthropology of gender with a focus on current works.

Skills

  • Summarize understanding of gender relations, identities, and ideologies in cross-cultural and historical perspective.
  • Describe gendered and intersectional dimensions of knowledge production in cultural anthropology and its relationship to the ethnographic method.
  • Apply concepts of intersections of gender, culture, race, class, ethnicity, and nationality to interdisciplinary research.

Grades

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ANTHRO/GEN&WS 920 · Spring 2027

Anthropology of Gender

Recorded 2026-10-14
ANTHRO/GEN&WS 920 · Spring 2027

Anthropology of Gender

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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