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    Essay On Gebusi Kinship

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    When looking at the Gebusi kinship there are some similarities to my own kinship. For example the Gebusi clan membership is passed down through the male line. In my kinship it is also passed through the male line. After one member of my kinship gets married they take the last name of the husband. In the Gebusi kinship not only is the line trace through the males after the females are married they become part of their husbands clan now and are no longer apart of their original clan. A difference that

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    Amish Culture - 1

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    The Amish Culture Vanessa A. Dick ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor: Mark Bowles October 15‚ 2012 The Amish Culture The Amish are considered to be somewhat different compared to other societies in today’s world. The Amish culture is based on Christian beliefs and they follow the teachings of the Jesus Christ and the Bible in everything that they do. The Amish culture consists of many unique beliefs that make their ways unlike that of any other culture. Their lives

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    Chinese Kinship Systems

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    It would be impossible to disagree with the statement that "Chinese kinship is based on male predominance". In fact this statement may even be under-emphasizing the control and absolute power that males wield across all levels of Chinese society. Of course‚ where their power initially comes from though‚ is through the family or termed differently the "jia". It is this extended or ideal family that cultivates the consistent patrilineal form of control/descent and dictates that residence in said

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    Iroquois Kinship System

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    Iroquois Kinship System Anthony Sifuentes ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor Mario Tovar March 5‚ 2012 The Iroquois is the group I have decided to do my research of kinship systems on. This will come from what I have found in the text of chapters three and four of the text. The Iroquois is a unilineal descent group. This means that descent is traced back through one sex or side of the family. They traced their bloodline through the female side of the family‚ meaning

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    Running head: KINSHIP 1 Kinship System of the San’s Amy Namer ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor: Christine Compton March 25‚ 2013 KINSHIP 2 Kinship System of the San’s In anthropology kinship is the system of social

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    Presented by‚ Shailendra Kumar Nitish Singh Amit Dogra FAMILY AND KINSHIP What family means… The family forms the basic unit of social organization and it is difficult to imagine how human society could function without it. The family has been seen as a universal social institution an inevitable part of human society. FAMILY Defining “FAMILY” Various sociologists “family” in various ways:  G.P Murdock defines the family as a social group characterized by common residence‚ economic

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    Family and kinship in india

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    religious‚ class‚ and caste groups crosscut Indian society‚ which is also permeated with immense urban-rural differences and gender distinctions. Differences between north India and south India are particularly significant‚ especially in systems of kinship and marriage. Indian society is multifaceted to an extent perhaps unknown in any other of the world’s great civilizations—it is more like an area as varied as Europe than any other single nation-state. Adding further variety to contemporary Indian

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    Sullivan Erger Section 20 Essay Question #4 Kieran Lyons If you Google kinship in 2014 you get a basic definition of “blood relationship”. Hop in a time machine and jump back to around 500 A.D. and kinship isn’t just another noun in the English language. Respect and loyalty to your kinship is a way of life to the people of the Anglo-Saxon period‚ a custom perhaps many have lost today. Anglo-Saxons reigned in Great Britain around the 5th century and did a swell job of

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    Amish Religion and Beliefs

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    Amish Religion and Beliefs Sandra Johnson ANT 101: Cultural Anthropology Instructor: Chad Goings February 11‚ 2013 Amish Religion and Beliefs Introductory The Amish was founded in Europe by Jacob Amman who would be the person they

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    Amish Religion and Culture

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    Abstract The focus of this research paper is to examine the religious beliefs of the Amish communities. From their humble beginnings of migration into the United States from Europe‚ to their present day living arrangements‚ they have been and will continue to be a prosperous community. By shunning modern conveniences and relying only on what nature has provided‚ society has referred to them as the “Plain People.” Being far from ordinary in their dress and way of life separates this community

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