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Essay Quiz

Answer the following essay questions.



1

In regards to attention given to aboriginal people, what are the similarities between the Ati-atihan festival in the Philippines and Mardi-Gras in New Orleans? What are the differences?
2

What are some of the goals of the comparative method for anthropology? Discuss at least three of these goals.
3

What are two different reasons for the practice of polyandry?
4

What are some of the inherent problems of the comparative approach in cultural anthropology? What solutions have anthropologists come up with for dealing with these problems?
5

How might both emic and etic perspectives be incorporated in an ethnography? Is one perspective more important than the other? Why or why not?







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