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Within the context of specific cultural systems, what are some of the ways anthropologists attempt to analyze and understand cultural behaviors? How is the discussion of biblical food laws an example of such analysis? |
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How are dietary prohibitions related in certain cultures where food is associated with cleanliness? How are these prohibitions connected with worldview? |
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What is the symbolic purpose served by lists of cleanliness that can and cannot be eaten? How are the criteria for cleanliness related to practical matters? |
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How does Marvin Harris's cultural materialism explain dietary laws in terms of cultural systems? Does this explain the reason why some cultures shifted from hunting to agriculture? |
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What does Harris mean when he says that dietary laws are religious expressions of preexisting practical habits? |
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Why is it important to distinguish between ritual and secular warfare in highland New Guinea? How does this help us to understand Dani worldview? |
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How did the cultural system of the Fore react to kuru? In this case, what is the connection between biology and culture? |
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How can altruistic behavior be thought of as a combination of culture and biology? |
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In what general ways do culture and biology interact to produce human behavior? |