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Briefly define ethnocentrism and cultural relativism in your own words. Then explain how one, the other, or both are exemplified in Laura Bohannon’s experience of trying to read Hamlet to the Tiv (“Shakespeare in the Bush”) or Richard Lee’s experience of Christmas gift giving among the Ju/’hoansi (“Eating Christmas in the Kalahari”). Who was being ethnocentric and/or culturally relativistic? The anthropologist? The native people involved? Both? Explain using examples from the reading(s) in support of the points your essay is making.

The series of steps a food takes from a location where it is produced or grown to the store where it is sold to consumers is known as 

The method cultural anthropologists use to conduct long-term fieldwork is known as

Our closest living relatives among nonhuman primates are

In cultural anthropology, fieldwork is referred to as ethnography.

The four primary subfields of anthropology in the United States are

A descriptive account of a culture that combines research with theory is known as an ethnography.

Culture is constantly changing. Meaning, your own version of culture likely differs in significant ways from that of your grandparents or parents, or even yourself in your younger years.

Gaman is a Japanese term used to refer to “toughing it out” or suffering with dignity.  This relates to Japanese marriage in that such unions

Even though the food served in prison is often unhealthy and of poor nutritional quality, female prisoners with money in their bank accounts can purchase healthier options in the prison store or canteen.