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Three Anthropology Questions

(McGee et al, 2004). Characteristic of humanitys constant quest for the concept of meaning, the journey of understanding ha...

Narrative Evolution

In seven pages the evolution of narrative are examined in a consideration of Scarlet and Black, Tristram Shandy, Madame Bovary, He...

Reshaping Gender Thought

In seven pages this paper examines the reshaping of gender thought through feminist anthropology in an overview of theories by bel...

2 Perspectives on Hinduism

In six pages An Introduction to Hinduism by Gavin Flood and Hinduism The Anthropology of a Civilization by Madeleine Biardeau are...

The New Guinea Highland 'Economics'

In 7 pages, David M. Hayano's ethnography of New Guinea's tribal societies in The Road Through the Rain Forest: Living Anthropolog...

An Overview of Forensic Anthropology

This paper discusses the field of forensic anthropology. The author addresses occupational requirements, investigations, cooperat...

Native Tribes of South America

on the average, 2.5 times as many wives and three times as many children as those who have not. (Chagnoy, 1993). "These num...

Argonauts of the Western Pacific and The Nuer

This 5 page essay contrasts these classic anthropological texts by Malinowski and Evans-Pritchard. Ethnographic style vary but ea...

Music as Symbolic Behavior/Alan P. Merriam

"symbols," and their relationship to art and its abstract nature. Having established a basis for discussing symbolism, specific ...

Analysis of Merriam's Preface

were the focus of their analyses (Merriam "Definitions" 193). Furthermore, as Jaap Kunst pointed out in 1950 text, musicology "doe...

Dancing Skeletons

A 5 page essay exploring the ethnographic account by Catherine Dettwyler. Medical anthropology entials precise fieldwork, professi...

Augustine, Plato, and Anthropology

In five pages the ways in which anthropology is reflected in the philosophical works of Augustine and Plato are examined. Five so...

Article Critique, Duranti

This essay offers a critique of a 2003 article by Alessandro Duranti, which is entitled "Language as culture in U.S. anthropology:...

Ruth Benedict's Anthropological Contributions

School for Social Research, and was influenced by Elsie Clews Parsons and Alexander Goldenweiser who sent her to study anthropolog...

Debate on Evolution vs. Cration

evolution gauntlet and run with it. Nevertheless, it goes without saying that there is a plethora of others who continue to espou...

Qualitative, Quantitative, Interpretive Research Methodology

Sociology and anthropology both focus on human behavior and interactions. The two disciplines, however, are quite distinct. Anth...

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in WSJ Ad

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Art and Visual Culture

or are from cultures different from that of the viewer, nuances in meaning may not be readily apparent. For example, consider the ...

Anthropological Genre of Ethnology

four seasons in which there is a planting, harvesting and barren time. MANDALAS AND GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION ...

Anthropological Perspectives on Marriage

a shift in thinking. I suspect that when someone (in the West at any rate) hears the word "marriage" they automatically see it as...

7 Anthropology Questions

the last stage, however, the individual fully incorporates into their new role in life. They take on the symbols and responsibili...

Power and Society in Political Anthropology

it relates to the divergent representations these two elements have throughout the world. Inasmuch as the typical global co...

Three Anthropology Texts Compared and Contrasted

This research report examines three studies in anthropology. The differences between ideas are highlighted. This four page paper h...

Nonscientific Inquiry and Interpretive Anthropology

you prefer, raised) to the level of sheer appearances, where their meaning can be more powerfully articulated and more exactly per...

Hinduism and the Anthropological Method

it means "partiality of cultural and historical truths" (1986) because the whole truth cannot be known in anthropological studies ...

Topics on Music

In four term papers of three pages each musical topics such as music and brain function; anthropology and music; memory, learning ...

Anthropology and Linguistics

One of these pioneers was Claude Levi-Strauss, Strauss, an influential man within the fields of social studies, philosophy, relig...

Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria Market Assessments

entering the market. Saudi Arabia is not a democracy and does not have any political parties or elections. The country is ruled b...

Globalization and Sociocultural Change

means by which to create such commodities faster, cheaper and within "laboratories or non-traditional environments" (Technology-Af...

A Comparison of the Tales of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf

warrior society that Beowulf invokes derives from these "newcomers" to the British Isles. Abrams, et al also state that in this wa...