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Tourism and Politics

on the surface. Things are of course different in various parts of the world. An example is that politically aware Torajans see ...

Snow White by the Brothers Grimm

tales have circulated for so long their origins are in ancient Egypt, others made their way to Germany via France (Zaleski, 2001)....

Medicine and Morality in Haiti The Contest for Healing Power by Paul Brodwin

and Morality in Haiti is the culmination of Brodwins year-and-a-half anthropological research into the southern portion of the reg...

Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead Reading Comparison

traits or by innate traits (Margaret Mead: Human Nature, 2002). In Part Three of her work she studied "The Lake-Dwelling Tchambuli...

The Children of Sanchez Autobiography of a Mexican Family by Oscar Lewis from an Anthropological Perspective

cycle of poverty is at play which acts to entrap its unfortunate victims into a set of circumstances which is all but impossible t...

Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead

the orators, spokesmen and ambassadors of chiefs (Mead 29). In the formal village assembly, each "matai" has his place and repres...

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 ...

Our Kind Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where Are We Going by Marvin Harris

interpretations. It is important for the one to understand that there exist myriad philosophies by which people live their lives,...

Comparing the United States and France

realms. Paris was home to the multitude of nineteenth century artists who changed fine art forever, and New York is still home to ...

Interdisciplinary Perspective on Foods That Are Genetically Engineered

Sunflower oil producers once again are in trouble, and no one knows what effect - if any - that genetically modified foods have on...

Utah Mormons

In five pages this report discusses the Utah based Mormons in a consideration of their concepts, beliefs, and rituals along with a...

Cultural Concepts from an Anthropological Perspective

a unclouded awareness of that specific anthropologists viewpoint and his or her own cultural indoctrination. The Last of the Yahi ...

Anthropological Analysis of the 1992 Movie City of Joy

In five pages gender roles, subculture, cultural change, and ethnocentrism concepts are considered in this anthropological analysi...

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...

State v. Nonstate Societies and Conflict Resolution

In seven pages the nation state is traced back to is anthropological roots and how social conflict is dealt with by nonstates and ...

New Guinea Folk Societies Assessed

In a paper consisting of six pages the changes that may have taken place in folk societies prior to anthropological discovery are ...

A Look at Cannibal Culture

In this paper, the author explores anthropological perspectives on the way cultures have evolved in terms of how they view canniba...

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...

Ashantee and the Gold Coast by John Beecham

In ten pages John Beecham's 1841 anthropological study featuring West Africa's Ashantee tribe is examined in terms of 3 examples o...

The Bamboo Fire by William E. Mitchell

In six pages the anthropological text The Bamboo Fire which describes Mitchell's New Guinea Wape research is examined in six pages...

Anthropological Views on Deviance

In four pages this paper discusses the text edited by Freilich, Raybeck, and Savishinsky entitled Deviance Anthropological Persp...

The Tausug by Thomas M. Kiefer

In five pages this research paper discusses the anthropological study of the Philippines' Tausug people as conducted by Thomas M. ...

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...

Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris

So, if our stone age ancestors did not give up their hunter-gather lifestyle and invent agriculture in order to improve their life...

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...

The Debate Surrounding Abortion as Revealed in Contested Lives

abortion conflict at the grass roots level is enlightening towards the understanding the national debate. According to Ginsburg,...

Canadian Aboriginal Culture and Family Relationship Changes

In a paper consisting of seven pages sibling relationship changes in Canada's Native American cultures are examined through the us...

Mundurucu Culture Females and Yolanda and Robert F. Murphy's Women of the Forest

This paper examines females in the Mundurucu culture as represented in this text from an anthropological perspective consisting of...

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 ...