Criminal Justice-COAS | Deviant Images/Deviant Acts P305 | 1538
| Kane This course examines the universal human fascination with
deviance using cross-cultural and historical perspectives. We
will approach the subject from a range of genres: an ethnography
of indigenous rainforest people, a graphic novel about the
holocaust, a prison philosophy class, and parables of colonial
law. Each cultural and historical context will be used as a
departure point for considering dilemmas in our own place and
time, focusing our attention on various explanations of
nonconformity and justifications for social control. The types
of deviance considered will include witchcraft, homicide
(individual and mass), spouse and child abuse, and illegal drug
use; each type will be related to the inequalities of race,
class, gender, and sexuality which shape them. We will also draw
in examples from popular films and news media in class and in
Stephanie Kane. 1994. The Phantom Gringo Boat: Shamanic
Discourse and Development in Panama. Wash