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After reading the introduction and first chapter of Primates of Park Avenue I have came to the conclusion that the author, Wednesday Martin, was very interesting in her way of using her knowledge of the habitants of Park Avenue to incorporate it into her “anthropological expedition”. The unusual norms of this subculture that Martin reveals to me as the reader really caught my eye. The fact that she moved from Michigan into the Upper East side shows thats her opinion on the Park Avenue society is authentic. The way Martin uses her expertise in anthropology to take in all of what is going on around her once she moves to this area provides a more detailed and understanding way of who these people are. The anthropological perspective clearly
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