Option 1: Explore the way that health care is linked to structural inequalities of class, race or ethnicity. How might anthropology help to solve such health care issues? Use specific examples from the text or from current events to elaborate.
Option 2: What are the different ways that family and kin are formed? Is biology necessary? Please cite three examples of alternative ways that families are formed and bonds are maintained. Do they conform to the American Nuclear Family Ideal
Option 3: How did European colonialism impact the development of the global economic system? Why was Columbus’s voyage to the New World tied to the trade network occurring in the Old World? Explain how the discovery of gold and silver in the New World and colonization facilitated Europe’s participation in the Old World trade network.
Option 4: What did German political philosopher Karl Marx mean when he called religion “the opiate of the masses”? According to Marx, what purpose or purposes does religion serve in society? How is religion related to the economic reality and class struggle found within a society? Do you agree with Marx’s arguments and ideas regarding the purpose of religion in society? Why or why not?
Option 5: The process of becoming “male” or “female” begins during childhood and youth. Provide two specific examples of ways that parents start this process by “doing gender.” Provide two specific examples of ways that participating in sports reflects personality traits (e.g., gentleness versus competitiveness) commonly associated with women and men in the United States. How is this tied to the constructions of masculinity inherent in the “fag discourse” in U.S. high schools?
Option 6: Explore the idea of the middle class and how class is often “invisible” in our society. What are the mechanisms that help obscure inequality and class in our (U.S) society? How does this extend on a global scale? Pleacixse use examples from your text.
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