Anthropolgy

What specifically are the traditional ideas about hunter-gatherers and what were Sahlins’ criticisms of those ideas?

Your essay must be: • No more than 5 double-spaced pages of text • 12-point font • 1.25-inch margins • In the text, please cite sources for facts or interpretations by other authors, for example (Lee 1993: p 33). • NO COVER PAGE please Marshal Sahlins and The Original Affluent Society In the essay The […]

How do American childrearing practices reflect anthropological theories regarding the cultural construction of personhood?

Page length 4 pages, double-spaced, 1 inch margins. What can an anthropological study of childrearing tell us about American culture? How do American childrearing practices reflect anthropological theories regarding the cultural construction of personhood? Are these practices consistently individualistic or holistic? Or both? Are there any contradictions within these practices? Your essay should have an […]

How might anthropologists think about a smart phone and its impact on modern society?

Instructions Returning to the readings of Week 2, please use these resources to complete this week’s quiz. Please respond to the following questions: (1) What is interdisciplinary and why is it important in the social sciences? (4 points) Respond to 2 of the following 4 questions: (3 points each) 2. (2) How might anthropologists think […]

What insights do these very different ways of thinking about gender roles and gender performance give us into how 21st century adults in the United States think about gender?

Masculinity and femininity are defined very differently in Belize than in the modern United States (don’t think about high school but about broader society). Describe for each place briefly how what it means to be a “good man” and a “good woman.” What kinds of forces push people to be “good” at performing their gender […]

Discuss the role of violence in the history of at least 3 different groups during the period of colonization of the Americas and the development of its societies into the 20th century.

Prompt: Discuss the role of violence in the history of at least 3 different groups during the period of colonization of the Americas and the development of its societies into the 20th century. Time New Roman 12-pt font. Write one essay of 1500 words. Use must use evidence from at least 2 different readings and […]

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