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    MALINOWSKI‚ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FUNCTIOALISM Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski was born in Poland on April7‚ 1884. His father‚a professor of Slavic philology at Jagellonian University.His mother was from culturel landowning family

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    Analysis of film trailer “Murder My Sweet” The film trailer starts with the main character‚ the hardboiled private eye‚ being interviewed by the police‚ who seem a bit corrupt and shady. They are asking him about a murder‚ and the atmosphere is menacing‚ with suspenseful music being played in the background. It then goes on to the credits‚ with bold white writing flashing up on screen‚ and more loud music‚ that identifies the film as a detective film. After that‚ there is a vocal narrative in a

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    In the article‚ “Fat Is a Feminist Issue” by Susie Orbach she discusses and has many opinions on women and how they become and increase in being overweight. Orbach discusses many reasons and ways of obesity in women and how it has increased in the past years. She mainly focuses on women and why they are overweight and the reasons that cause obesity in women’s society. Susie talks about how women’s magazines always include a diet column‚ which can be very biased to many women and people. Overall‚

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    Looking at anthropological concepts in 2 documentaries “Acting like a thief” and “A Rajasthani Jagrata.” Cultural Anthropology is the “study of contemporary and historically recent human societies and culture. The main focus being culture i.e. the customs and beliefs of some human group” (Bailey‚Garrik and James 5).Often‚ to better understand the meanings that people attach to their behavior‚ anthropologists live with them to observe them and get involved in their daily activities and rituals

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    Article 26 Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty In a rite of passage‚ some Nigerian girls spend months gaining weight and learning customs in a special room. “To be called a ‘slim princess’ is an abuse‚” says a defender of the practice. By Ann M. Simmons TIMES STAFF WRITER AKPABUYO‚ Nigeria—Margaret Bassey Ene currently has one mission in life: gaining weight. The Nigerian teenager has spent every day since early June in a “fattening room” specially set aside in her father’s mudand-thatch house

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    The skies of Westport are always changing. October was a little over half gone when Minako came to this small fishing village in southwest Washington State for a five-day stay. Ever since the giant expanse of the Pacific Ocean captivated her some years earlier‚ she and husband Shigeo had spent two weeks here each July. What drew her to the area this time‚ though‚ was an unquenchable desire to see the deserted autumn shoreline‚ which must be very different from its look in summer.

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    In “Big Ideas‚ Big Problems” written by Stefan Halper‚ Halper discusses the two issues‚ Big Ideas and constant media‚ that negatively affect U.S policies and its public. Advertised sloganeering along with America’s susceptibility to overly cumbersome political movements is the root of the problems that push citizens to feel patriotic in a negative and irrational way. Halper goes on to discuss the issues that continuously arise from each major world crisis by stating “each has suffered [from] … ill-conceived

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    GRADE 10 How to Write a Film Analysis Essay (Five-Paragraphs) This article will provide step-by-step guidelines on how to write a fully developed and well-organized film analysis essay. Note: It is important to follow the format and sample essay as you would a cooking recipe. The lower case letters in the format and sample paragraphs are the ingredients. Also‚ it is important to watch the film that you are writing about several times‚ so you can have a better grasp of the concept that you

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    where I spent my childhood years. I went to school in Ukraine for ten years. When time came for my father to change his work‚ he decided to move to America‚ but he thought that he would find a better job to support the family. The second reason he left Ukraine is that my sister was alone studying at Manhattan College. She needed support and love from him. He left me and my mom. It was big change for me to be without him and my sister for so long. I did not have any thought in my mind that I would

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    Arianna Trinidad Prof. Watwood Wedding Planning 02/05/2014 “The Wedding Planner” Movie Summary/Analysis “The Wedding Planner” is a movie about a hard working wedding planner named Mary (Jennifer Lopez) who is very professional and successful in her career. Just like any wedding planner Mary has a social life. Life starts to spin when a doctor named Steve (Matthew McConaughey) saves her from almost getting killed and they fall in love with each other. Steve turns out to be a client and the

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