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Personal Account/Male Growing Up in Vancouver

to his readers, giving his ethnic origin, social class and gender. He might say something like: "As a white, middle class male, I ...

Colonialism's Effect on Anthropology

"Day after day, minute to minute, Tutsi by Tutsi: all across Rwanda, they worked" (Gourevitch, 1998; p. 18), the sole purpose of t...

Questions on Readings

long for Nandas friend to marry her son. Nandas article points out mating customs and attitudes are culturally based. While Nanda...

Three Anthropology Questions

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

Sociology

(Delaney, 2003). He originally sought to call his newly emerging field "social physics", a term that clearly reflected his belief...

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...

Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork and Methods

seek to find out the opinions of a certain population. Relational studies are those in which questions are used to define r...

Cultural Anthropology and the Theories of Clifford Geertz

In a paper consisting of 9 pages this paper examines cultural development in an overview of the theories of Clifford Geertz....

Anthropology of Rock Music

The Science Daily reports that songs with violent lyrics increase aggression ("Violent Music Lyrics," 2003). A study conducted by ...

Functionalist Anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski and A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

In five pages this research paper examines the functionalist anthropological perspectives of Radcliffe Brown and Malinowski in a c...

Politics, Organizational Culture, and Anthropology

In ten pages this paper consider organizational culture and politics from an anthropological point of view. Ten sources are liste...

An Ecological Perspective of Medical Anthropology

This paper examines the arguments presented in this book by Ann McElroy and Patricia Townsend. This three page paper has no addit...

An Overview and look info Forensic Anthropology

those a conventional forensic examination could determine. At the time anthropologists were somewhat reluctant to become involved...

W.T. Stace's Ethical Relativism and Ruth Benedict's Anthropology and the Abnormal Critically Analyzed

In nine and a half pages the major points of each work is analyzed in terms of relevant points and then based on these findings a ...

Application of Economic Anthropology

In six pages patterns of subsistence that existed among the European colonists and the Native Americans are subjected to an econom...

Anthropology and Leisure

In five pages this paper takes an anthropological view of leisure within the context of Phillip R. DeVita and James D'Armstrong's ...

Anthropology and Social Justice Convergence

involved has been the object of old prohibitions against effecting no changes within study populations. The very presence of rese...

Artifact Dating Techniques and Anthropology

serious question. Therefore, the tephra was assessed to be a reliable marker for further testing of the New Zealand coast, althou...

Answering Questions on Cultural Anthropology

within that society, it is not something that integrates itself into the culture of the people. Many people must engage in the sa...

Dennis Werner and Jody Glittenberg on Anthropology

the oppression, the terror and the overwhelming sense of helplessness which sometimes overtook them. Dennis Werners "Amaz...

A Consideration of Two Studies in Anthropology

so harsh and most of the children died. Glittenberg describes how she subsequently returned to Guatemala after that initial visit...

Political Power, Supernatural Rituals and Anthropology

in society provide numerous functions while at the same time explaining mans origins and how man relates with nature. Many of the ...

Anthropology, the Western Pacific Trobriander Islanders, Bronislaw Malinowski and Male Bias

male bias. The purpose of using Malinowskis work as an example of the male bias which permeates both historical and contemp...

Anthropology and Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca's Naufragios

as treasurer. With two other Spaniards and an Arab Moor, he was the only survivor who remained on the mainland," thus setting the ...

Econ/Anthropology Questions

This paper pertains to various topics, such as hunting/gathering tribes, Marxism v. Capitalism and multi-national corporations in ...

Views in Cultural Anthropology

is accomplished via a cycle of war, ritual slaughter of pigs and subsequent regrowth of the pig population. This cycle typically t...

Review of Martha C. Ward's Nest in the Wind Adventures in Anthropology on a Tropical Island

their diverse food choices, ranging from kava to dog to quarter-ton yams which they grow themselves, to their incredibly diverse r...

Gregory Bateson: Anthropology and Cybernetics

he began working for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CIA (Gregory Bateson). He served in India, Burm...

Anthropology: Love

Through love, all these opposites were overturned. In acts of love, the humble became proud, the servant became master, the renoun...

Culture Study and Anthropology

competitive, and prone to violence with high rates of homicide, assault and rape (1983). According to Freeman (1983), Meads conc...