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    21st birthday. In cultures‚ other than western‚ distinct social relations have been observed in anthropologists’ fieldwork. These social relations appear obscure however‚ for instance‚ in the case of Claire Smiths study of the complex Aboriginal kinship system which is a sole determinant through ‘skin groups’ in the Barunga-Wuglarr are the relationships occupied in their community. Another dissimilar paradigm is that of Christine Helliwell’s (1996) study into the space and sociality in a Dayak longhouse

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    Province of Enga

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    The Enga culture is believed to be a diverse community with two important social groups: Family and Clan. The cultures primary mode of subsistence is horticulture. The people are fascinating in their beliefs and values‚ kinship‚ and social organization. Enga Province is one of the seven Provinces of the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea located in the northern most regions of the Highlands. Enga Province shares a boarder with the Western Province that was divided to become a separate Province

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    from leaving out harsh and disturbing events such as gang rape‚ and in the case of Candy‚ an abused mother of 5 children who shot her husband. They give a background and reasoning to why these subjects act as they do whilst demonstrating changing kinship and hierarchy patterns. These stories are effectively told with no hint of persuasion or pity‚ and by being shown in transcripts allowed me as a reader to fully understand the primary evidence void of manipulated judgements. I have to respect Bourgois

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    Inuit of the Artic

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    sustenance. They have very little personal possessions due to the marginal environment which requires them to constantly move throughout the Canadian Arctic and subarctic to find food for survival. The bands normal consists of fifty or less. Their kinships are based on communal fission‚ general reciprocity and general ceremonial participation. The Inuit depend on the hunting of animals is the winter months‚ roots and berries in the summer months are added to the regimen. During the winter the Inuit

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    Pretty Woman

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    Shattered Genre Melodrama. This story surrounds the family members. It is a warm story and will touch people when they are watching. This is a warm and touching story which with a twist and sad ending. This story speaks of the importance of kinship. It tells the audience to treasure their relationship with their loved ones before it’s too late and something unexpected happens. Nowadays‚ most people are workaholics and they failed to spend time with their family members and without realizing

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    The Indian Culture

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    The Indian Culture The Indian Culture is a very interesting culture they have a lot of different ways of living‚ family relationships‚ foods‚ dress‚ and entertainment. One of the great themes pervading Indian life is social interdependence. People are born into groups–families‚ clans‚ subcastes‚ castes‚ and religious communities–and live with a constant sense of being part of and inseparable from these groups. Social interaction is regarded as being of the highest priority in Indian families

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    Sunday Dinner

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    Sunday Dinner Sunday dinner has been a tradition in our family for as long as I can remember. It’s a day where family and friends reconnect‚ catch up and bring generations together. When our family gathers‚ our guest includes babies‚ teenagers‚ young adults‚ middle-age‚ and senior citizens. When I was a young girl‚ I remember spending the summer at grandmas’ house. On Saturday morning‚ grandma would wake us up at the crack of dawn for breakfast because we had along day ahead of us this

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    Autistic Family

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    Family strategies cannot begin without the well being of the primary caregiver. The primary caregiver has to be strong mentally in order to lead the family in the right direction. The correlation between mothers having autistic children and psychological distress is increased because their s a low level of informal support. Mothers are at risk of themselves experiencing high levels of psychological distress‚ and that levels of reported distress are associated with high levels of child behavior problems

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    Alyssa Niss Cultural Anthropology Section 02 Research on Family Today‚ people in society share many variations of the word family. Anthropologists describe this as "a social group of two or more people related by blood‚ marriage‚ or adoption who live and reside together for an extended period‚ sharing economic resources and caring for the young" (Scupin 137). More specifically‚ the word family is narrowed down to two major types‚ nuclear and extended family. Nuclear Families are the ones most

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    When people find that their world has become foreign and strange to them‚ they tend to react in one of two ways. They either try to change the present to match a time in the past when things were alright in their minds which is known as being a reactionary. While others will try to push for new change to solve the problems in the present which is known as being a revolutionary. In the Spring-Autumn period of China‚ 722-481 BCE‚ many people were finding themselves in this position as order seemed

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