21A.506 | Spring 2019 | Undergraduate

The Anthropology of Politics: Persuasion and Power

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A drawing of a large, scaly creature with webbed feet and hands.
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Cuban Rock Iguana: a lizard afforded protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act at Guantánamo naval base, where detainees are held outside any legal jurisdiction and without charge or trial. Such zones of “exception” to legal governance are discussed in this class. (Image source: Birkin, David. “Cyclura Nubila: The Iguanas of Guantánamo.” Cabinet Magazine 59 (2015): 46–53. Image appears courtesy of Cabinet Magazine.)
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Image source: Birkin, David. “Cyclura Nubila: The Iguanas of Guantánamo.” Cabinet Magazine 59 (2015): 46–53. Image appears courtesy of Cabinet Magazine.
A drawing of a large, scaly creature with webbed feet and hands.

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