ANTHRCUL 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Trobriand Islands, Ascribed Status, Robert Redfield

• School: U of M
• Department: Anthropology, Cultural
• Course: ANTHRCUL 101
• Professor: Holly Peters- Golden

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*what are the best pieces of evidence you can use. Mc, matching, short answer (full sentences), 2 short essay ques (2 categories, 2 groups of questions, one question from group 1, one ques from group 2) Robert redfield: studied tepotzlan, mexico culture realized they lived in harmony; valued religion and fam emic. Oscar lewis: restudied tepotzlan; observed culture changes; a lot diff from redfield competition tore the ppl apart etic. Richard lee: primary ethnographer among the ju/"hoansi in s. africa; cultural difference ju/ hoansi are keen on egalitarianism; lee brought the tribe a fattened oxen tribe thought he was boasting. Annette weiner: studied trobriand islanders; discovered things malinowski didn"t women had high econ. power/importance; her findings might be due to bias white am. woman. Bronislaw malinowski: studied trobriand islanders; brought bias of a western white man; discovered women have high status due to reproductive power. Carl linnaeus: classified by similarities and differences in physical characteristics.