Here are all the questions I received for the final exam.
1. What are the social roles of the Hijras in traditional Indian society?
2. "The concept of gender is not something nature dictates, rather, it is something society dictates."
Defend or refute this statement by using supporting examples from the readings and from our
own society.
3. List and explain three of the rationalizations for polyandry in Nyinba society.
4. Why are Sambian boys subjected to the traditional ritual/practice of bloodletting?
5. How does Weismantel describe reproductive time?
6. What is the Green Revolution?
7. What are some differences between the Green Revolution and temple run irrigation
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How did the Green revolution affect Balinese farmers?
Describe the differences between upstream and downstream water.
What is a subak?
What role did the water temples play in the community?
How is the Jero Gde chosen and was does he symbolize?
What anthropological theory best explains "On the Sluggishness of Cities?”
From the ethnographies that you have read this semester, which would you compare to the
conflict presented in this article?
How does urban and rural life differ?
Explain Sluggishness of cities in terms of World Systems Theory.
Why isn't interpretivism the best approach in understanding the disparities between urban and
rural life?
Define agency, structure and negative agency and how they fit into practice theory.
How would you analyze Wardlow's book from a Marxist perspective?
What are some of the reasons Huli women become passenger women?
What are some criticisms of Wardlow's book?
How doe Wardlow link negative female agency and practice theory?
In your opinion, which theory best explains why change occurs in society?
How has the change in bride-wealth expectations exasperated society/caused conflict?
How does bride-wealth bind people together?
In your opinion which theory from this semester most drives cultural change?
What is the genetic basis for race?
What causes the differences in human's skin tone to vary?
How did the colonists justify the extermination of Native Americans and the taking of Mexican
lands?
What is the major stylistic difference in the ethnography by Shostak about Nisa from previous
ethnographies? What are the advantages of/reasons for this style?
What does Nisa complain about?
What tribe is Nisa from, and where is it located?
In the first section of the Nisa ethnography Shostak tells a story about the younger boys climbing
up a tree in fear during a hunt. Why is this significant?
In the piece by Gordo and Sholto Douglas about the Bushmen, how do the Douglas's feel about
the name "Bushman"?
What country are the Bushmen from and what part of the continent is it in?
How were the Bushmen treated by the tourists?
How many races are there?
Why is there racism?
Does slavery predate race?
40. Would eliminating race labels from documents, census surveys, applications, etc, eliminate or
reduce racial prejudice in our society? Form an opinion and support it using what we have
learned in class.
41. Describe the difference between race and culture.
42. What does the title "The Incorporation of the Bushmen into the World System" mean?
43. How were Gordon and Sholto Douglas influenced by Wolf when they wrote about the Bushmen?
44. Describe the Bushmen's trade system.