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Prison Ethnography
Ethnography of Incarcerated Women: Race, Gender, and Prison Life
Social Theory
Individual vs. Society: Durkheim, Weber, and Bourdieu
Material Culture and Ethnography
Islamic Rosary vs. African Bracelet: Museum Artifact Comparison
Gender and Masculinity Studies
Machismo in Mexico: Review of Gutmann's Meanings of Macho
Ethnographic Fieldwork Methods
Insider vs. Outsider in Native Anthropology Research
Cultural Behavior and Ethnography
Culturally-Patterned Elevator Behavior: An Observational Study
Native American Cultures
Blackfeet Nation: History, Culture, and Modern Challenges
Indigenous Cultures of the Pacific Northwest
Coast Salish People: Ceremonies, Traditions & Culture
Cultural Anthropology
Gender Roles and Reciprocal Altruism in Aka and Ngandu Cultures
Mesoamerican Civilizations
Aztec Business Practices and Trade Culture Explained
Prehistoric Economies and Material Culture
Lower Paleolithic Economy: Hominins, Tools, and Society
Medical Anthropology
Childbirth and Nutrition in Rural Malaysia: A Book Review
Ancient Mesoamerican Cultures
Olmec Religion: Shamanism, Jaguars, and the Supernatural
Anthropology of Religion
Tylor vs. Frazer: Competing Accounts of Religion's Origins
Colonialism and Indigenous Peoples
Colonialism, Food Insecurity, and the !Kung People
Cultural Globalization
Globalization, Hybrid Cultures, and Modernity in Latin America
Urban Ethnography
Little Odessa: Brighton Beach's Russian-Speaking Enclave
Mesoamerican Mythology and Culture
Popol Vuh: Creation, Human Purpose, and Mayan Philosophy
Pre-Columbian Cultures
Human Sacrifice in Incan, Moche, and Wari Cultures
Human Civilization and Cultural Development
Guns, Germs, and Steel: PBS Documentary Review
Cultural Anthropology
Marriage and Incest Taboos in Cross-Cultural Anthropology
Kinship and Social Organization
Iroquois Kinship System: Culture, Family, and Society
Folk Belief and Oral Tradition
Russian Folk Belief by Linda Ivanits: A Review
East Asian Archaeology
Dawenkou Culture and Social Complexity in Neolithic China
Research Ethics
Ethics in Social Science Research: Key Considerations
Indigenous Peoples of North America
Aleut and Alutiiq Peoples: History, Culture, and Origins
Indigenous Cultures and Ritual Practices
Rites of Passage: Eskimo and Aboriginal Puberty Rituals
Ecological and Cultural Anthropology
Ecology, Kinship, and Social Structure in Papua New Guinea and the Alps
Structural Anthropology and Religion
Constructed Myths and Man's Purpose: Religion in Society
Ethnography and Cultural Identity
Hmong Immigration to the U.S. and Cultural Collision in Medicine
Ethnography
Family, Kinship, and Islam in Kafr El-Elow, Egypt
Comparative Ethnology
Balinese vs. Lahu: A Comparative Ethnology of Gender
Nutritional Anthropology
Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa – Book Review
Indigenous Cultures
Yanomamo Culture: Religion, Kinship, and Society
Cross-Cultural Aesthetics
Foot Binding and Western Beauty Standards: Shared Aesthetics