Education:
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Expertise:
Andean South America, symbolic anthropology, performance studies
Background:
Professor Allen received her B.A. from St. John's College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.
Professor Allen is the author of The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002). She received a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 2001 for her research on cultural patterning in Andean art.
Courses Taught:
Anth 158 Art and Culture
Anth 159 Symbolic Anthropology
Anth 172 Cultures of Central and South America
Anth 191 Anthropology in Performance
Anth 202 Proseminar: Sociocultural Anthropology
Anth 258 Anthropology of Art, Aesthetics, and Symbolism
Anth 259 Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology
Anth 272 Anthropology of Latin America
Last update: 7/11/2007
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