MANE-003 Comparative Ethnography Solved Assignment 2021-2022

MANE-003 Comparative Ethnography

Solved Assignment 2021-2022

Comparative Ethnography (MANE-003)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGMENT
(TMA)
Course Code: MANE 003
Assignment Code: MANE 003/AST/TMA/2021-22
Total Marks: 100

Note: There are two sections ‘A’ and ‘B’. Attempt five questions and at least two questions from
each section. All questions carry equal marks. The word limit for 20 marks question is 500 words
and for 10 marks question it is 250 words.
SECTION- A
1. Define Ethnography. Discuss the history and growth of ethnography with emphasis on the British
and Chicago Schools. 20
2. Discuss the feminists’ approach in writing ethnography. 20
3. Examine David M. Schneider portrayal of kinship in American Kinship: A Cultural Account
20
4. Critically examine the changing patterns of stratification as presented by Andre Beteille in his work
Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village.
20
5. Write short notes referring to the ethnographies discussed in the course:
10+10
a. Death in Banaras
b. Institution of marriage as described in Notes on love in a Tamil Family
SECTION-B
6. Analyse ‘Being a Macho’ in in the ethnography The Meaning of Macho: Being a Man in Mexico
City. 20
7. Focusing on rites de passage, analyse the aspects of Ndembu rituals as described in Victor Turner’s
ethnography The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual. 20
8. Critically examine the ethnography India’s Changing Villages by S.C. Dube. 20
9. Focusing on gender identities, analyse the ethnography Life Cycle, Gender and Status among the
Himalayan Pastoralists. 20
10. Write short notes referring to the ethnographies discussed in the course:
10+10
a. Construction of gender in Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India
b. Margaret Mead

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