Understanding Deviance From an Anthropological Perspective
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A 4 page analysis of the book Deviance: Anthropological Perspectives, Freilich, M.; Raybeck D.; Savishinsky, J., editors. The writer argues that this field of investigation has been greatly aided by the introduction of an anthropological point of view to what had previously been a field dominated by a sociological perspective. The nature of deviance is discussed within the context of various cultures. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Devianth.wps
Essay Title: Understanding Deviance From an Anthropological Perspective

Concepts of Culture – How Anthropologists’ View the Development of Culture
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This 6 page report discusses the ways in which societal beliefs and prejudices are often echoed in the ostensibly “objective” view of the anthropologist commenting on the situation, individual, or other culturally-affected phenomenon. The works of Theodora Kroeber (“Ishi”), Barbara Myerhoff (“Number Our Days”) and Renato Rosaldo (“Culture and Truth”) are used as the definitive guides to such a new way of anthropological and ethnographic study. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWcult.rtf
Essay Title: Concepts of Culture – How Anthropologists’ View the Development of Culture

China & Japan/Confucianism
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A 5 page research paper that examines the ways in which Confucianism affected the way that Chinese and Japanese culture developed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: 90confu.rtf
Essay Title: China & Japan/Confucianism

The Cherokee / Family Characteristics, Organization, and Values
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A 6 page look at family structure and values in the Cherokees. Emphasis is placed on the clan system and on the family relationships imposed by that system. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: Cherokee.wps
Essay Title: The Cherokee / Family Characteristics, Organization, and Values

The Decline Of Traditional Southeastern Dance Among The Cherokee and Creek
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A 6 page review of the current status of dance among some groups of Southeastern Native Americans. Analyzes the shift in concentration from traditional dances such as the stomp dance to the modern day Pow Wow style dance among the Cherokee and the Creek. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Stompdnc.wps
Essay Title: The Decline Of Traditional Southeastern Dance Among The Cherokee and Creek

Tantric Tribes and Tantrism
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A 7 page research paper in which the writer provides an overview of the tantric tribes of India and the impacts of tantrism on Buddhism and Hinduism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Tantrist.wps
Essay Title: Tantric Tribes and Tantrism

Play and Leisure Among Slave Children in the United States
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A 5 page overview of the concepts of play and recreation and how they related to black children during slavery. Emphasizes that play was shaped by the environment and that while black children may have not had much leisure time they assuredly engaged in a diversity of play and leisure activities. These activities could have been as diverse as learning to read, as Frederick Douglass related in his now infamous narratives, to learning complex and often meaningful circular song games. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPslaveC.wps
Essay Title: Play and Leisure Among Slave Children in the United States