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    village where living is more communal. I specifically have the students to compare and contrast modern day family structure to those of traditional West African heritage. I tell them in kinship clans you cannot tell where one family begins or where the other ends. I specifically draw a connection to kinship clans and have them contrast that with the concept of the “nuclear

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    cultural anthropology Joseph Scahill 3/24/2011 The Nayar people a caste from south Indian State of Kerala and Punjab have a very different culturals ways from ares. I haved learned a lot about them. I will discuss how they are with their kinship. I will also go into their religion and beliefs. Also their Policial Organization. Throough out I will also discuss there Industrialist ways. From doing the research that I have done I found that I am very proud of my culture. Because some cultures

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    mutuality‚ correspondence‚ endearment‚ a test of masculinity‚ and the collaboration of men. Explored in many medium of literature‚ in specificity novels‚ such as The Road by Cormac McCarthy‚ Open by Andre Agassi‚ and Mudbound by Hillary Jordan‚ the kinship between male elder and male junior proves to be a testament of the complexity and fluctuation between love and hate. Dalton Trumbo‚ most notable for being blacklisted by the House Committee of Un-American activities for allegedly participating in

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    decided to focus my paper on the modern day Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in China. My group chose option two where we each pick a different culture and choose the same topics to write about. Our group wanted to learn more about the domestic life‚ kinship and marriage aspects of our cultures. Modern day Tibetans in rural areas still have many of their traditional customs intact‚ even though the Chinese Government has been trying to regulate it. In the bigger cities and for the exiles in India it seems

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    most of which was recorded on birch bark scrolls and on rock. The use of petroforms‚ petroglyphs‚ and pictographs were common. Ojibwe Indians live in small villages consisting of 40-80 people‚ all of which are either related by blood‚ marriage‚ or kinship ties. Traditionally‚ the Ojibwe are hunter gatherers but also farm and trade making them more horticulturalists. The men fish‚ hunt‚ garden‚ and train as warriors. The woman helped cultivate the fields‚ pick berries‚ made maple sugar‚ made clothing

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    wealthy. For generations the Nayar culture’s traditions‚ beliefs‚ as well as their customs have been a huge debate among the scholars and authorities. This paper will explore the fascination of the economic organization‚ beliefs and values‚ and their kinship farther in the following paragraphs. Economic Organization The means of the Nayar people of India comes from their family farms. Their main sources of food come from cultivation of coconuts and rice. The families use servants to farm their land

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    Outline and evaluate the view that families in the UK are increasingly diverse (33) Families are becoming increasingly diverse in the UK because of changing norms and values in society. Postmodernists highlight that people are free to choose the family type that suits them best therefore allowing for harmonious relationships in society. On the other hand Functionalists are against family diversity and argue that a family that does not fit the nuclear model creates instability. A traditional view

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    Evelyn Blackwood’s 2010 ethnography Falling into the Lesbi World is worthwhile read for any interested in gender and sexuality studies in Indonesia. It takes a complex look at the understandings of lesbi desire‚ tomboi gender expression‚ kinship loyalty‚ and the nuances of adherence and defiance to hegemonic sex/gender systems. Despite some limitations‚ Blackwood manages to illustrate an elaborate network clearly‚ displaying a valuable knowledge of the linguistic practices of the lesbi she studied

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    Dicuss how aborinal spirituality is determined by the dreaming kinship- kinship ties identify a complex system of beloning and responsibilities within a clan. kinship ties govern the day to day life of the aboriginal people by determining issues from whome an individual is permitted to talk to and marry‚ to determining what are an individual’s responsibility is to other members in the clan. Significance of kinship ties Assign the responsibility to transmit the knowledge of the dreaming

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    Nyimba‚ however‚ the mother takes the form of the birth mother‚ along with any sisters the father may have‚ if they haven’t already married into a new family. These varying ideals behind motherhood and fatherhood are reflected in how the cultures see kinship and family. The Canela see family as those who have raised them‚ and focus far less on the biological aspect of parentage than our culture does. In this culture‚ if someone are brought into a new family to be raised‚ then the new family are their

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