Lawrence Cohen (University of California, Berkeley)

submitted: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 09:21:45 -0700 (PDT)

Prof. Lawrence Cohen
Department of Anthropology
University of California, Berkeley
Kroeber 232
Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

phones: 510-642-2248
        510-642-3391
fax:    510-643-8557
email:  cohen@uclink.berkeley.edu

Regional interests:
India, particularly urban India:  Delhi, Varanasi, Calcutta, Bombay

Themes of recent/current research: representations of the old body;
senility and dementia; contemporary Ayurveda; sexuality, homosexuality,
transgendering, hijra communities; political pornography; the lottery,
economic marginality, and narratives of causality; AIDS and AIDS
prevention

Disciplines:
anthropology and critical medical anthropology
geriatrics and gerontology
cultural studies
lesbian and gay studies/queer theory