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Please answer five (5) of the following ten questions in a 2-3 paragraph essay

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Please answer five (5) of the following ten questions in a 2-3 paragraph essay. You must draw on at least one reading (not film) from between 3/17 and 5/5 in your answer, as well as other readings, films and concepts from the lectures and section discussions. So, you will draw on at least five different readings, but you may need more to fully answer the questions. You may use material from earlier in the course; these will not count towards the five readings. 1. What is a ritual in cultural anthropology? Describe a ritual in one of the readings and say what features of the phenomenon does the term “ritual” emphasize? 2. How is George Gmelch’s essay on Baseball Magic a good example of anthropological analysis? What features of anthropological inquiry does it demonstrate? 3. What is embeddedness in economic anthropology and what are some examples? Is the concept of embeddedness useful for describing market societies? How or how not? 4. What can economic anthropology tell us about financial markets? 5. How can cannibalism be compassionate? In what way is the idea of compassionate cannibalism an example of anthropological thinking? 6. Find two instances of “emic” concepts in readings and lectures and discuss what they can teach those from outside of a cultural context about whatever topic they refer to. 7. Pick one of the readings on gender and/or sexuality; describe the main argument and what it contributes to our understanding of these modes of human differentiation. 8. Emily Martin’s “The Egg and the Sperm” challenges the idea of scientific objectivity in the description of human reproduction. Were you convinced by her argument? Why or why not? 9. How can anthropology contribute to matters of urgent public interest? 10. Why, in your opinion, does Laurence Ralph use the format of open letters in his book? Rubric: Each essay will be worth 20 points: Clear, accurate and thorough explanation of readings and concepts (8 points) Your own thoughts and analysis in answer to the question, presented clearly and persuasively (8 points) Structure, spelling and grammar, formatting (4 points) March 17: Gmelch, "Baseball Magic" [Reader 317-325] March 17: Guest, "Liminal Youth Among Fuzhou Undocumented Workers" [Reader 337-346] March 31: Dunn and Tett, from Fool's Gold [Reader 263-273 and 81-284] April 5: watch "Pig Tusks and Paper Money" April 12: Conklin, Beth A., 2001. Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society. Austin: University of Texas Press [Available via ProQuest Ebooks] April 14: Blackwood, "Tombois in West Sumatra" (169-178] April 14: Martin, "The Egg and the Sperm" [Reader 179-188] April 19: Russo Garrido, Anahi. "Between Same-Sex Marriage and Polyamory: The Production of New Queer Relationships in Mexico City." April 19: Benedicto, "Under Bright Lights" [Reader 191-199] April 26 & 28: Ralph, Laurence, 2020. The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence., Chicago: University of Chicago Press May 3: Fassin, La Marcia and Lethata, "Life and Times of a Magda A" [Reader 350-360] May 3: Friedner, from Valuing Deaf Words in India [361-371]