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A 4 page paper which examines 4 different articles pertaining to love from an anthropological perspective. The paper examines whether or not love is actually a natural or universal thing. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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birds and the bees." But one must also ask, is it really natural, is it something that all cultures possess? And if it is something all cultures possess how does
it differ in other cultures. The Western world seems to believe that love is a particular way, with no deviation, but in other cultures love is seen, expressed, and understood
in many different ways. The following paper examines how different anthropological articles present a different cultures perspective and expression of love. Anthropology: Love
In Margaret Trawicks 1992 essay "Ideology of Love" in the book Note on Love in a Tamil family the author notes that "Love was by nature and by
right hidden" in order to protect the loved one (Trawick 1992 93). The author illustrates the complexity of the love, illustrating how a mother should not look with love at
her child, especially when the child was sleeping, for that invites disaster. She illustrates how love is expressed through becoming involved in someones business, but also how love exists silently
and hidden. The following further offers the perspective of love in this particular culture: "Love was complexly implicated in expressions of pride and humility, servitude and domination, possession and renunciation.
Through love, all these opposites were overturned. In acts of love, the humble became proud, the servant became master, the renouncer became possessed" (Trawick 1992 106). It is interesting
to note that Trawick indicates that many people often express more outward signs of love for people that are not truly loved by them. They will all but ignore their
own children while praising and showering love on a relatives child. They do this in order to protect their loved ones as it seems they partly associate too much outward
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