Anthropology and Fiction

3 credits

Fantasy and other genres of literary and cinematic fiction often creatively invent worlds, species, societies, languages, social practices, institutions, relationships, histories, and new kinds of persons. What light can anthropological theories and archeological and ethnographic accounts shed on such creations? Can such creations, in turn, generate anthropological insight? ***Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or completion of 12 credit hours or permission of the Department Head.***