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    military activity Islamic norms slow to penetrate African society ©2011‚ The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved. 25 Age Grades    From early agricultural period‚ Sudan Peer groups of single age cohort Crosses lines of family and kinship ©2011‚ The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved. 26 Slavery   Practiced since ancient times Most slaves captives of war      Debtors Suspected witches Criminals Used principally in agricultural labor Slaves a form of personal

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    Effect of Foster Care on Children Human Development March 30‚ 2011 Introduction/ Problem Statement Each year 542‚000 children nationwide live temporarily with foster parents‚ while their own parents struggle to overcome an addiction to alcohol‚ drugs‚ illness‚ financial hardship or other difficulties (Mennen‚ Brensilver‚ & Trickett‚ 2010.) The maltreatment they experienced at home‚ the shock of being separated from their birth parents‚ and the uncertainty they face as they enter the foster

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    Basseri ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Introduction The Basseri are a nomadic‚ pastoral tribe of the Fars region of present-day Iran. They have formerly been part of the so-called Khamseh confederation. The area that the Basseri migrate in is the steep mountains of South‚ East and North Shiraz. The "tent" is the basic unit of social organization among the Basseri. All tents have a recognized head that deals with the formal officers of the tribe‚ villagers‚ and

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    races should be achieved‚ and the races that are traumatized by the happenings in the past‚ due European colonization will reconcile through Johnson’s suggested healing process; forgiveness‚ compassion‚ and empathy. However‚ her idea of cross racial kinship is not realistic‚ considering how there is historical trauma residing within each race and mentally natives are not ready for exposure to the race that stuck them in this ongoing tragedy. An effective method would be to only acknowledge Native American

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    Initially as stated in the text there are several types of family structures and types of marriages. The types of marriages are polyandry‚ monogamy‚ polygyny‚ polygamy. The types of family structures are blended‚ nuclear‚ extended‚ single parent‚ fictive kinship and family by choice. In the text these are well laid out for the reader to comprehend but they may seem quite intriguing‚ baffling and educational. First off some of these structures and types may seem offensive to some people because

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    which are still present today. Slavery‚ also‚ had been a part of the Native American community‚ however the context of which a slave became a slave differed from that which would be later seen. This kind of slavery was based solely on the lack of a kinship network and one could be freed after marrying or getting adopted. Sometimes‚ slavery and captivity was used as a power move for

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    Cultural values varied in the region because there were so many different life styles and cultures coming to the new world. Was taught to defend honor at all cost. Treat other people with respect. Women were taught to be refined and lady like. Kinship was a value that showed when the villages and towns are

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    Kohut postulated that humans have psychological need to feel kinship or alikeness with other people. People with whom we feel kinship are said to be self-objects. Self-objects are useful developmentally because they help people feel understood and cared for‚ (Lynch) and they facilitate self-understanding by helping people make sense of their own

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    In this essay I will be using Malinowski’s Functionalist approach and Levi-Strauss’s Structuralism‚ whilst analyzing the Trobrianders society and way of life. Bronislaw Malinowski initially created the Anthropological school of Functionalism. Malinowski’s version of Functionalism is more psychologically linked‚ and focuses on his idea that people have psychological and physical needs‚ and hence social institutions develop in order to meet these needs. Malinowski divides these needs into seven

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