Cultural Anthropology Under the Kapok Tree The ethnography, "Under the Kapok Tree: Identity and Difference In Beng Thought", was in my opinion, a very excellent detailed description of the daily life, rituals, customs, and traditions, and religion of the Beng. ... Here is a quote from the text which supports my opinion, "The Kapok Tree, for clearly it was the center of social life. ... e tree bear so much social and symbolic weight?" ... Gottlieb does anthropology a real service."... Gottlieb's observation on identity and difference are not confined to rituals or other special occas...

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Social Security benefits. Married people receive Social Security payments upon the death of a spouse. Despite paying payroll taxes, gay and lesbian workers receive no Social Security survivor benefits - resulting in an average annual income loss of $5,528 upon the death of a partner. ... This is supported by the AAA (American Anthropological Association) and I quote, ""The results of more than a century of anthropological research on households, kinship relationships, and families, across cultures and through time, provide no support whatsoever for the view that either civilization or viable...

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In my anthropology class, I have learned that the divorced parents with children, who do not live within the same area, leaves a bad affect on the child's self-esteem and moral development - physical, mental, social, and academic. ...

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They are provided with food and water, so they spend all of their time socially interacting with one another. ... It seemed that each animal played a very similar social role in the family compared to a human family. ... Of course, these animals lack the advantages of language, but otherwise they seemed to be quite social. ... Apart from their social roles, I was interested in their human-like mannerisms. ... Socially though, I believe that we are incredibly similar. ...

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