I sensed minimal power of where we stood as Maori. “Naming ones-self’ validates own existence as a half-caste‚ born in New Zealand‚ raised as a kiwi and faced with understanding what ‘Samoan’ is” (Marsh‚ 1997). I identify very closely with my Pacific heritage‚ although I see myself as being much a Maori as a Samoan. I didn’t have to choose my parents life style although I had the power to change what I wanted for my life‚ but chose not to.
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ANT1005 – NATASHA ORR – 630024403 What light is shed by the Mead-‐Freeman debate on core problems in the discipline of anthropology? “He attacked Mead in many ways – he told the anthropologists that their God was wrong.” (Fox‚ Margaret Mead and Samoa‚ 1988) In 1925-‐26‚ Margaret Mead spent some nine months in Samoa‚
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How Television Effects Society."The only activities Americans spend more time doing than watching television are working and sleeping." With this in mind‚ it is understood that television plays a major role in the statistical majority of most Americans. Society reflects what is shown on television in a multitude of various areas. Three of the major areas in which television affects us are in behavior‚ moral values‚ and social standards. All throughout life‚ youths have found some way to rebel against
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people produced fruit and vegetables in Fiji and have now adopted canned soda and sheep fat everywhere. The first point Hastings‚ Thiel and Thomas (2003) mention is the rampant victim of weight gain in Samoa. They state that the number of obese Samoans has increased drastically to 50
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My Graduation as a Samoan Child It was time‚ Chapin High School would no longer be my home as of June 15‚ 2013. The joy of knowing at the very moment I stepped across that stage I would feel as something I have never felt before‚ and after I knew it was time. A day to remember was in the making. I could remember it like it was yesterday morning. Waking up to the smell of the barbeque that all my cousins were making for my graduation party. All the loud voices coming from the kitchen from my
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“Legalizing Gay Marriages” Who decides a person’s sexual orientation? Legalizing gay marriages has been an issue for quite some time not only in the United States but also in other countries. Is it up to the courts to decide? Should people of various religions decide? Should the individuals involved decide? Again‚ who decides? So why should we legalize gay marriages? After doing some research‚ here are some reasons that appealed to me. 1. Denying a gay person marriage is a violation of their
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The first people to settle Tahiti were the Samoans because they wanted to discover new land and expand their culture. Around 2000 years ago Samoans came from the west and headed towards the east. Evidence suggests that their arrival was intentional rather than accidental (Foster‚ S 2016). The first islands to be discovered and settled were Tonga and Samoa. These people eventually traveled the Polynesian triangle settling on Tahiti as they went through the Pacific Ocean (Irwin‚ G 2005). The Tahitians
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TOPIC: CHOOSE ANY OF THE CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY THEORIES. EXPLAIN ITS STRENGTHS AND LIMITATION IN THE " SAMOAN SOCIOLOGY IMAGINATIONS" Sociologists in the ancient period have coined traditional theories to strengthen the hold of society together. These extraordinary perspectives assist societies to work jointly‚ share their way of life and standards to support each other with expectation that they will build such a marvelous organization. These theories are all different in actions but all have the
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(Grant 1995: 681). Another cultural norm serving as a protection against pregnancy is the masculinisation of non-procreative sex. The ability to engage in sexual relations with multiple partners without the result of procreation was valued by the Samoans as masculine behaviour. In order to be a masculine “adept lover” meant a man had to know how to have sex without intercourse (Grant 1995: 680). Instead‚ sexually monogamous relationships are viewed unfavourably as
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culture and personality as she focused from the American culture to the whole Western World. She travelled to Samoa and she found out that the societies there have uniform value systems‚ and thus‚ they share common personality traits. In the culture of Samoan tribes‚ it was noted that until individuals reach the age of 15- 16‚ when they are to
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