What factors influence the production and appreciation of art? Do artists work in a cultural vacuum of pure personal self-expression? What role does society play?
What will be an ideal response?
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According to Scheper-Hughes in "Mother's Love: Death Without Weeping," civil and church authorities in the northeast town of Bom Jesus de Mata, Brazil, treated infant death casually and without much concern
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
__________ mark culturally significant transitions throughout the life cycle
a. Rituals b. Celebrations c. Rites of passage d. Tests
Describe the landscape and climate that prevailed on the eastern coast of Mexico before Cortés and his Spanish conquistadores landed in A.D. 1519.
What will be an ideal response?
According to Clifford Geertz, people impose meaning on their actions and experiences because:
a) without these, all actions and experiences would appear to be pointless and random. b) our brains compel us to do so. c) otherwise, they would be unsure of how to act. d) without such meanings outsiders would be unable to understand these experiences.