Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Spring 2023 Prof. Salamandra
Reading Response Essay One
What does inequality look like in the case studies assigned in Part I of the syllabus?
This essay covers texts and films assigned in Part I of the syllabus (Graeber and Wengrow, Lee, Lepowsky, Bourgois, Lutz, Lyon-Callo, Vorng, NtAi: Story of a Kung Woman, A Wife among Wives, The Arabs, Part 3: The City Victorious?, No Place to Grow). Be sure to refer to specific authors and ethnographic case studies from these book chapters, articles, and films, and provide page number references/citations (see Writing Guidelines on Blackboard).
You may also refer to your chosen novel; you will need to do this in one of your three essays. This assignment is designed to demonstrate knowledge of the assigned materials; do not use any other sources.
Discuss four of the assigned written texts films can be included form the bulk of your analysis. Essays must be formatted in MSWord, double-spaced, paged-numbered and 4-6 pages long, excluding the bibliography.
Read the paper and citation guidelines posted on Blackboard, in Course Information and Syllabus, before writing! A bibliography of all sources used must be included at the end of the essay (see syllabus and guidelines for examples of bibliographic citations). Cheating or plagiarism in any form, of even a single line of text, will result in automatic failure and notification of the college authorities. If you are unsure what constitutes cheating and plagiarism, consult page 2 of your syllabus and/or email.