Discuss how patrilineal descent shapes naming practices in a Chinese village in a rural area of Hong Kong
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Patrilineal descent places a much higher value on boys than on girls.
2. Family names are of high importance and are tied to the male line.
3. Boys are given names with positive meanings while girls are often given negative names.
4. The status of wives is tied to whether or not they give birth to sons.
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A. are not artists, since they perform but do not create art. B. function as parasitic consumers of the creative works of artists. C. distort and dilute the artistic mastery of other artists. D. function as intermediaries who translate the works and ideas of other artists. E. are marginal members of artistic communities around the world.
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You’ve just stepped out of a time machine to some unknown year, and you’re watching a performance of a Shakespearean tragedy. The performers place great emphasis on the words and the emotions, and they are always facing the audience, often
addressing it directly. One performer seems to garner most of the attention on stage, though at the end of one scene, all performers strike a pose and hold it for some time. You are almost certainly watching: a. local color acting b. melodramatic acting c. Method acting d. Realistic acting e. Romantic acting