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Why did many early anthropologists assume descent groups would be key to understanding the economic, political and religious organization of most nonindustrial, non-Western cultures?

What identity arose from ACT UP valorized anger, defiant politics, sexual non-conformity, and disavowed gay shame, self-doubt, fear of rejection, and the desire for social acceptance all at once?

The World Health Organization calls for a definition of health that includes the absence of infirmity and complete physical and mental health. What else is considered in their definition?

Early anthropologists believed that collecting cross-cultural information about kinship would enable them to

From the anthropological perspective, an individual patient’s experience of sickness is considered to be

In her ethnography, Transnational Adoption: A Cultural Economy of Race, Gender, and Kinship (2006), Sara Dorow traces the journey of Chinese children adopted by U.S. parents. Which is a situation experienced by these transnational families, as noted by Dorow?

According to Marc Edelman, how successful were Costa Rican peasants’ collective efforts to fight neoliberal policies?

What have geneticists found regarding the genetic code and human sexual orientation?

While conventional American wisdom attributes good health to good nutrition, exercise, sleep, proper sanitation, and avoiding smoking, medical anthropologists consider many other factors when looking at health. What is one critical aspect of health that is often overlooked?

Marriage is often seen as a way to build an alliance and create new relationships between different groups. Sometimes this outcome is coincidental, but in many cases it is accomplished intentionally through what kind of marriage?