Eating Christmas In The Kalahari Analysis
Eating Christmas in the Kalahari by Richard Borshay Lee
Writing Essay
Krystal Webb
Sociology 111
Grade: Freshman
Eating Christmas in the Kalahari
I. Abstract:
The purpose of this essay is to talk about the early nineteenth century, when the London Missionary Society brought Christmas to southern Tswana. The idea of Christmas was spread Through all of the Kalahari Desert .Richard , who went by the Bushmen name given to him Ontah bought an ox for Christmas to share with the Bushmen so they can celebrate the bushmen way. When he bought the ox, few of the Bushmen came to Ontah and starts to mock his decision on purchasing the ox. Ontah was upset, wanted to end his research and worried Christmas was ruined because he purchased the ox. He was later told that it is the custom of the Bushmen to talk as such to keep everyone humble.
Bibliography:
Natural History, December 1969. © 1969 by the American Collins Dictionary of Sociology, p405-6.
Collins Dictionary of Sociology, p406 adapted from S. Lukes, Emile Durkheim: His life and Work (1973) London:Allen Lane Museum of Natural History …show more content…
If we look at the writing “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari”, we can see just how two different cultures have different views and values. It was said that the! Kung Bushmen knowledge of Christmas was third hand. Which to me means that they got the idea of Christmas from someone else and added their culture to it. In the writing the Anthropologist who went by the Bushmen given name Ontah talked about how he had studied the !Kung Bushmen culture and how the only thing about Christmas that they slaughtered an ox. In our culture we were excited about cutting and decorating a tree or shopping for gifts. When they find a ox to kill and cook they make sure the ox is full of fat and meat for great eating and
Writing Essay
Krystal Webb
Sociology 111
Grade: Freshman
Eating Christmas in the Kalahari
I. Abstract:
The purpose of this essay is to talk about the early nineteenth century, when the London Missionary Society brought Christmas to southern Tswana. The idea of Christmas was spread Through all of the Kalahari Desert .Richard , who went by the Bushmen name given to him Ontah bought an ox for Christmas to share with the Bushmen so they can celebrate the bushmen way. When he bought the ox, few of the Bushmen came to Ontah and starts to mock his decision on purchasing the ox. Ontah was upset, wanted to end his research and worried Christmas was ruined because he purchased the ox. He was later told that it is the custom of the Bushmen to talk as such to keep everyone humble.
Bibliography:
Natural History, December 1969. © 1969 by the American Collins Dictionary of Sociology, p405-6.
Collins Dictionary of Sociology, p406 adapted from S. Lukes, Emile Durkheim: His life and Work (1973) London:Allen Lane Museum of Natural History …show more content…
If we look at the writing “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari”, we can see just how two different cultures have different views and values. It was said that the! Kung Bushmen knowledge of Christmas was third hand. Which to me means that they got the idea of Christmas from someone else and added their culture to it. In the writing the Anthropologist who went by the Bushmen given name Ontah talked about how he had studied the !Kung Bushmen culture and how the only thing about Christmas that they slaughtered an ox. In our culture we were excited about cutting and decorating a tree or shopping for gifts. When they find a ox to kill and cook they make sure the ox is full of fat and meat for great eating and