Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on 2 Anthropology Studies. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page research paper that examines Jody Glittenberg's To The Mountain and Back (1994), a study of the peoples of the Guatemalan highlands and Dennis Werner's Amazon Journey (1990), which describes the author's year-long study of life among Brazil's Mekranoti Indians. Both texts are intriguing, offering the reader insight into other cultures, other social paradigms. This examination of these texts examines the orientation of each anthropologist toward field work and how these studies were conducted. No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_kh2anth.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
of life among Brazils Mekranoti Indians. Both texts are intriguing, offering the reader insight into other cultures, other social paradigms. The following examination of these texts examines the orientation of
each anthropologist toward field work and how these studies were conducted. Werner is straightforward in his preface as to why he wrote his text. One of the reasons was
to write an informative text for budding anthropology students. Therefore, his text tries to convey what it is like to be set down, "uninvited and ignorant, among a foreign people
and the sense of satisfaction in gradually growing to understand them" (ix). Similarly, Glittenberg conveys her trepidation as a "budding anthropologist" while on her first fieldtrip to Guatemala (9). In
so doing, both texts are very informative about the processes involved in fieldwork anthropology. Glittenbergs original perspective on arriving in Guatemala is more that of a nurse than an
anthropologist. Her visit to the country was as a visiting nurse to the Behthorst Hospital in the Guatemalan highlands. It was during this initial visit that Glittenberg formulated her main
question regarding her subsequent fieldwork. As she watched a baby girl die in her mothers arms, Glittenberg questioned why the local people had so many children when living conditions were
so harsh and most of the children died. Glittenberg describes how she subsequently returned to Guatemala after that initial visit in order to conduct a year of fieldwork in
two remote highland towns, the Ladino town of Zaragoza and the Indian town of Patzun. Over the course of this period, Glittenberg goes from being a outsider, recounting mostly
her personal impressions and hardships, to someone who can speak authoritatively on local customs, traditions, religious practices, and childbearing behavior. A great deal of the authors information pertaining to these
...