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    Amanda hamner | Australian Aborigines and their Complex Kinship | Introduction into Cultural Anthropology | | Kathryn Grant | 6/11/2012 | | Australian Aborigines and their Complex Kinship Aborigines have a complex system in relation to their social and marriage laws‚ based on the grouping of people within their society. To understand the complexities of their social organization‚ consider it this way: divide it first into three main parts. The first part is the physical structuring

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    Kinship Systems: Inuit of the artic Dorothy Young ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Christopher Deere December 16‚ 2011 Kinship Systems: Inuit of the Artic The Inuit people have adapted quite well living in the extreme cold of the artic. They live in the artic area of native North America. Commonly called “Eskimo”‚ their territory extends more than five thousand miles along the Arctic Circle from Russia‚ Alaska‚ and northern Canada to Greenland. They are a people who have

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    Zulu Essay When thinking about the Anglo Zulu wars that occurred in the late 1970’s the battle of Rorke’s Drift stands out the most. The battle had an outcome that no one could have ever imagined‚ one hundred and fifty British troops defended their mission station against three thousand Zulus. The battle began after the Zulus defeated the British at Battle of Isandlwana‚ on January 22 1879 and continued until the 23rd of January. As the British are told of the oncoming Zulu attack they prepare

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    Kinship as a Mechanism for Social Integrating Joey Rahimi It is often demonstrated in many anthropological studies that kinship acts as an important means for social integrating in a given society. But is it a fair generalization to say that kinship always functions as a mechanism for social integration? Kinship refers to the relationships established through marriage or descent groups that has been proven in some societies to lead to social integrating‚ or the process of interaction with other

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    The Meaning of Kinship Terms’ ANTHONY I . C. WALLACE ANI) JOHN A T K I N S ; Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute and University of Pennsylvania INTRODUCTION H E meaning of kinship terms in foreign languages (or in English‚ for that matter) has traditionally been rendered by English-speaking ethnologists by a simple and direct procedure: each term is matched with a primitive English term (e.g.‚ “mother”)‚ with a relative product of two or more primitive English terms (e.g.‚ “mother’s

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    King of the Zulu Tribe‚ Shaka: Great Leader or Bloodthirsty Tyrant? One of the most documented African tribes is that of the Zulu kingdom. The rise and fall of the Zulu kingdom‚ in one way or another‚ relates to the most famous leader of the Zulu Empire‚ Shaka. Shaka brought the Zulu tribe from the bottom to the top‚ and only until his assassination in 1828 did the Zulu kingdom see a downfall in power and organization. Based on facts presented in case studies‚ as well as observing theories of state

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    FLASHCARD DATA FOR NATURE OF KINSHIP Topic 1: Overview | 1. |The term for culturally defined relationships between individuals who are commonly thought of as having |kinship | | |family ties. | | | 2. |The general term for socially recognized links between ancestors and descendants.

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    explaining the concept of kinship in Africa‚ the differences and similarities between patrilineal and matrilineal families systems. Kinship is the web of relationships woven by family and marriage. Traditional relations of kinship have affected the lives of African people and ethnic groups by determining what land they could farm‚ whom they could marry‚ and their status in their communities. Although different cultures have recognized various kinds of kinship‚ traditional kinship generally means much

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    Bibliography: * Mizoram: Society and Polity (1996) – C. Nunthara. * Kinship system of the Lushai (1960) – B.B. Goswami. * Changing family structure among the Mizos in Mizoram: A study in Aizawl District – P.C. Lalawmpuia. * Culture and folklore of Mizoram – B. Lalthangliana. * www.mizoram.nic.in * www.wikipedia.com

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    the Zulu Kenyetta McClelland ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (DSF1246A) Instructor: Geoff Wood 12/15/2012 Lifestyle of the Zulu The Amazulu people from the Natal Province of South Africa originated around the 14th or 15th century with a population of about 3 million and spoke IsiZulu from (Nguni) chiefdom. Neighboring chiefdoms were the Sotho‚ Tswana‚ and the closest to the Zulu were the San in which the Zulu incorporated their lifestyle patterns from them. Rural Zulu main

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