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    Enculturation term anthropologists and psychologists use to descrive the deveopement‚ through the direct and indirect influence of parents and others‚ of children;s patterns of begavior socialization same as enculturation compatibility-­‐with-­‐child-­‐ care theory Womens tasks have traditionally been those that do not remove the woman from the household due to taks only woman can perform for children (breast feeding for 2 or more years) economy of effort theory if effort is expended

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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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    ’the other world‚’ the antithesis of Europe and therefore of civilization‚ a place where man’s vaunted intelligence and refinement are finally mocked by triumphant bestiality...it is not the differentness that worries Conrad but the lurking hint of kinship‚ of common ancestry. For the Thames too ’has been one of the dark places of the earth.’ It conquered its darkness‚ of course‚ and is now in daylight and at peace. But if it were to visit its primordial relative‚ the Congo‚ it would run the terrible

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    primarily seen in three main locations: Hrothgar’s hall‚ Grendel’s mere‚ and the dragon’s lair. When a king was crowned in Anglo-Saxon times‚ his responsibilities included‚ among other things‚ providing a mead-hall. The mead-hall was central to kinship and was often what brought a community together. When King Hrothgar built Heorot for his people‚ he intended it “to be a wonder of the world forever” (Beowulf line 70). Victor Chica wrote in “Home is Where the Heorot is” that Heorot has a dual purpose;

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    Cognitive Anthropology Tara Robertson and Duke Beasley (Note: authorship is arranged stratigraphically with the most recent author listed first) Basic Premises: Cognitive anthropology is an idealist approach to studying the human condition. The field of cognitive anthropology focuses on the study of the relation between human culture and human thought. In contrast with some earlier anthropological approaches to culture‚ cultures are not regarded as material phenomena‚ but rather cognitive organizations

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