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    The Iroquois

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    Iroquois Vonda Matthews Cultural Anthropology July 7‚ 2013 Instructor: Rebekah Zinser Kinship is the cornerstone for how people within a society relate to others and race lineages. Many societies trace their lineage through the father‚ which is called patrilineal‚ or through the mother which is called matrilineal. The Iroquois nation traced their kinship through the matrilineal decent lines. Kinship directly relates to how family groups think‚ act and live along side each other. The culture

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    Itori forest. Although they do have knowledge of lineage‚ the Mbuti do not practice any recognized type of kinship patterns in their social organization (Mosko 1987). There are recognitions of kinship in some practices; for instance‚ in rules of exogamous marriage‚ or when setting up camp. The huts are laid out according to patrilineage‚ for mutual support‚ but no acknowledgement of kinship is given (Mosko‚ 1987). The Itori‚ for as much as five months out of the year‚ does not provide the fruits

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    Biography of Irawati Karve

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    IRAWATI KARVE Early Life: Irawati was born in 1905 and named after the river Irawaddy in Burma where her father‚ Ganesh Hari Karmarkar worked. At seven‚ she was sent to the Huzur Paga boarding school for girls in Pune. One of her classmates at the school was Shakuntala Paranjapye‚ daughter of Wrangler Paranjapye‚ Principal of Fergusson College‚ Pune. Shakuntala’s mother took an instant liking to Irawati and adopted her as her second child. In her new home‚ Irawati experienced a stimulating

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    Culture and Society ANTHRO 9 Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-10:45 A.M. Room: Haines 39 (in basement-A level) Final Exam date: March 18 (Tuesday): 3-6P.M. Instructor Prof. Mariko Tamanoi Email: mtamanoi@anthro.ucla.edu Office: Haines 325 Phone: 310-206-8399 Office hours: Tuesdays 11:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M. FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT: READ THIS SYLLABUS CAREFULLY TO THE END! Section Leaders Bradley Cardozo: bcardozo@ucla.edu Camille Frazier: c.frazier@ucla.edu Emily

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    Falling into the Lesbi World holds more relevance to the anthropology of gender than simply pointing out a flaw in another academic’s work. For Blackwood‚ this piece is also‚ to some extent‚ an extension of her work on the understanding of kinship amongst Minangkabau. In her previous work on the matrilineal nature of the Minangkabau‚ Blackwood established the importance of the mother-daughter relationship (2005‚ 12-3)‚ so in this ethnography when she examines the relationship between tombois and

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    This gesture gives a powerful message in favour of consolidating the kinship bond. God asked the Prophet to inform humanity‚ ’No reward do I ask of you‚ except the love of those near of kin’. To describe the wider group of extended relatives the Quran uses the term ’arhaam’‚ plural of ’rahm’‚ that means womb. It metaphorically describes all the relatives by blood and marriage. This and other related terms‚ qurbah meaning kinship and its derivatives‚ have been used in the scripture at 22 places.

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    English 4th Genre Film Essay Dead Poets Society: Neil takes the gun and commits suicide. Neil’s father comes rushing through the door into the study to find his son’s dead body. Witness: When McFee and Schaeffer enter the Amish community looking for Samuel and Book has just killed McFee and he comes out running looking for Samuel. Neil Perry has just performed A Midsummer’s Night Dream against his father’s wishes and even though he is congratulated by all of his peers and gets a standing

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    choice to study the Yanomamo‚ despite their hesitancy to cooperate‚ a wise and ethical one? Chagnon spent his first five months collecting what he thought was an intricate and elaborate table of genealogical information‚ marriage relationships‚ and kinships within the Yanomamo village of Bisaasi-teri. He knew from the beginning that it would be difficult to obtain the actual names of the tribesmen because it is a symbol of honor‚ respect‚ dignity‚ and political admiration. The less your name was spoken

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    Contributions to Indian Sociology http://cis.sagepub.com/ Introduction: Honouring Patricia Uberoi Satish Deshpande‚ Nandini Sundar and Amita Baviskar Contributions to Indian Sociology 2010 44: 1 DOI: 10.1177/006996671004400201 The online version of this article can be found at: http://cis.sagepub.com/content/44/1-2/1 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Contributions to Indian Sociology can be found at: Email Alerts: http://cis.sagepub

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    Amish What would it be like if you had never watched television? What If you didn’t own a CD player? What would your home be like if you didn’t own a telephone? How would your parents go to work if they didn’t have a car? Welcome to the world of the Amish a people rich in history and culture! Who are the Amish? The Amish are a Christian religious group that stresses humility‚ family‚ community and separation from the rest of the world. The Amish came from Europe to the New World beginning

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