This scholar exhibited the most solid Marxist approach to anthropology in America
Eric Wolf
100
Where was Morgan Fried's principal area of field research?
China
100
Roy Rappaport studied at what American University, like many Neomaterialists?
Columbia University
100
Wolf was a strong critic of this war?
Vietnam War
100
Marvin Harris studied at what American University?
Columbia
200
Neo-Marxisim was more popular in
Europe
200
Ecological materialism can be subdivided into what different approaches?
neoevolutionaism and neofunctionalism.
200
Roy Rappaport did most of his work in...
New Guinea
200
Eric Wolf was a prominent Neo-Marxist or Neo-Functionalist?
Neo-Marxist
200
Harris was hailed as a champion and developer of:
Cultural Materialism
300
The concern with which type of reproduction is central to Marxist thought?
Social Reproduction
300
In "The Evolution of Social Stratification and the State", Fried examines the relationship between the evolution of social stratification and _____? (Not just one word)
The control and distribution of resources
300
True or False: Rappaport believed that Humans were so different from other organisms that the normal laws of biological organisms did not apply.
El Falto
300
According to Eric Wolf, (blank) is a distinct mode of production involving plant and animal domestication and a division of society in social levels.
Civilization
300
True or False: Harris was a supporter of the ethoscience idea of creating models based on an emic perspective?
False
400
A critical feature that differentiates Marxist analysis in all of its forms is______
An Emphasis on Conflict
400
What sort of specialization is considered Sumptuary Specialization?
Specialized Clothing that marks a person's status.
400
Rappaport like other neofunctionalists adopted the concept of this to explain cultural stability?
Cybernetics
400
According to Wolf, which kind of interests may influence a peasant's move from Catholicism to Protestantism?
Economic Interests
400
Harris believed this played a primary role in social evolution?
Production and Reproduction
500
True or False: In neomarxist views, the city is essential to the state.
False
500
Fried gives several reasons why redistribution in a ranked society is better than reciprocal exchange in a egalitarian one. What are two of them?
Productivity, Timeliness of Distribution, Diversity of Diet, Coordination with calendars
500
While Fried and Harris drew their inspiration from Marx, Rappaport was more deeply influenced by the work of...
Ecological biologists Harold Conklin, Conrad Aresnburg, and Margaret Mead.
500
The amount of energy/money used to perform formalities for social relations is known as:
Ceremonial Fund
500
In "The Cultural Ecology of India's Sacred Cattle", what were three of the functions of India's abstinence from beef and the worship of cattle?