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"Phenomenal Women," Article Analysis

these clubs provide "alternative sista [sister] spaces," which become significant locations for "literacy learning and literacy ac...

Article Analysis, an Amish Community Newspaper

Mennonite beliefs eschew all forms of technology. Therefore, their community members are forbidden by their belief system to use t...

Ethnographic Study of Lack of Women and Minority College Faculty Representation

for the under representation. The first rationale is that there are relatively few minority students in doctoral programs, and t...

College Staff Minorities Ethnographic Research Study

impacts of acculturation on their self-identification. In particular, minority faculty members in colleges with large white/male ...

Communications and Ethnography

various ways in which gender bias is expressed in English. This preference for male speech extends to the classroom setting. Clas...

Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and Multiculturalism

of exhibits, and millions of visitors would produce very different conclusions" (Rose, 1996). As such many people ask "How was the...

Defining and Measuring Corporate Culture

In three pages corporate culture is defined with six integration stages and Edgar Schein's three culture measurement concepts of E...

South America's Yanomami and the Ethnographic Film Magical Death

on the day-to-day life of the Yanomami and have titles such as Weeding the Garden, A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock, and Firewood...

Dancing Skeletons

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

Education and Ethnographic Research

In five pages the ways in which the educational system could benefit through the perspectives and insights provided by various met...

University and College Lack of Minority Professorial Representation

based on an ethnographic design. The study will incorporate both descriptive and inferential elements, in order to consider speci...

Analysis of 1964 Dead Birds Documentary

In two pages this ethnographic documentary that focuses on Western New Guinea's primitive tribe known as Dani is examined in terms...

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...

Ethnography and Eskimo Essays

In ten pages an ethnographic perspective is offered in an exploration of Fineup Riordin's text which considers the Yup'ik Eskimo c...

Reconstructing Pueblo Social Organization

This 3 page paper discusses how helpful it is to compare archaeological data and information from ethnographic accounts to reconst...

Lugbara, Swazi, !Kung, and Barabaig Ethnographic Views of Africa

to survive by adapting to their surroundings and building their villages, consisting of 10-30 people. The settlements are semi-pe...

Life Among the Yanomami by John F. Peters

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this ethnographic and historical text. There are no other sources listed....

Ethnographic Literature Issues

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at "Getting Ghost" by Luke Bergman. Problems associated with ethnographic literature ar...

Sociological Theories and Mass Media

This research paper pertains to the way in which media influences society from the conflict, structural functionalist and symbolic...

Society and Tattooing and Body Piercing

is now considered to be part of mainstream culture (Armstrong 236). Iverson contends that the discomfort society has with tattoos ...

Gays and Hate Crimes from Sociological Perspectives

In six pages this research paper examines hate crimes against gays from differing interactionist and functionalist perspectives. ...

Scientific Functionalism Versus Empiricism

This paper addresses the statement: functionalism is a scientifically suspect theory, quite apart from concern about its empirical...

Gulf War, U.S., Iraq, and a Contrast of Ideologies

of the group. Functionalists believe that every state has the universal right to provide those elements which will strike a balanc...

Post 1960 Public Speaking Changes

It is an acknowledged fact that conversational styles and communication skills vary between cultures and genders (Nelton, 1995). ...

Anthropology and Linguistics

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

The Amadou Diallo Shooting From a Functionalist Perspective

This paper addresses the 1999 shooting death of Amadou Diallo and subsequent acquittal of all police officers involved. The autho...

Society and Pornography

II. Anomie Anomie is a concept that refers to the result of a breakdown of social norms. Thus, individuals have a sense of aiml...

Sociology and Theory

and only five rapes. There is an absence of true fear and so the petty crimes, the drug offenses and so forth serve a function in ...

Social Theory and The Stranger Next Door by Arlene Stein

the minority elements. The people of Timbertown, though they might not have known why they were doing it, were fulfilling the idea...

Sex Education as a Social Problem

about sex education is a conflict wherein the dominant group in the society is determining where and how this education should tak...