Gananath Obeyesekere, a Sri Lankan anthropologist, challenged the research findings of Marshall Sahlins, who argued that Captain Cook was killed by native Hawaiians who thought he was the god Lono. Obeyesekere's critique raises the issue of
a. how anthropologists should go about challenging each other's work.
b. whether anthropology has a Western or Eurocentric bias.
c. whether Christians are capable of understanding the importance of different gods and goddesses.
d. the property rights to the diaries of Captain Cook.
b
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. Polyandry almost always takes the form of a sororate. B. Polyandry is a cultural adaptation to mobility associated with male travel for trade, commerce, and warfare. C. Polyandry is found only among mining communities in Madagascar. D. Polyandry is not considered a possible marriage form. E. Polyandry is a cultural adaptation to the high labor demands of rice cultivation.
R. J. Rummel estimates that around __________ million people were killed by governments in the 20th century
A) 260 B) 50 C) 130 D) 170
Women in American society use devices like tag questions and rising intonation:
A) ?To avoid demonstrating strong opinions. B) ?To appear childlike. C) ?To show their class status. D) ?To demonstrate indirect speech.