Melville Herskovits, who worked among East African pastoralists, contends "the cattle complex" refers to cattle as:

a. status symbols, a food source, and a source of personal attachment.
b. animal fetishes and a food source.
c. animal psychoses.
d. the "hamburger connection.".
e. an animal honored by that society.


a

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What will be an ideal response?

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