Choose ONE of the following essays for extra credit. Essays should be typed, double-spaced and between three and four pages long, not including notes and bibliography. Title your essay, number the pages, and note which Anthro 3 section you are in. Use plain paper stapled, no binders. You are encouraged to use examples from class, the readings, and the films. If you use written sources, be sure to cite them with notes and include a bibliography using Modern Language Association (MLA) format. No wikipedia citations are allowed; you’ll need to dig deeper for sources.

Grading will be based on the following criteria:

Information - accuracy, authenticity, strength of hypothesis, etc.
Writing - structure of paper, flow, vocabulary, spelling, sentence structure, presentation, etc.
Examples used and presence of your "personal voice"
Success at defining and achieving the goals of the paper

Due Friday, December 5. No late extra credit papers accepted.

1.) Read one of the following important works in anthropology. What was the main focus of the book? What was the anthropologist’s arguments? Do you agree or disagree? If you are unsure of which you might enjoy, talk to me:

Benedict, Ruth. The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (1946)

________. Patterns of Culture (1934)

Boyer, Paul and Stephen Nissenbaum. Salem Possessed (1974)

Frazer, Sir J. G. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (1890)

Freeman, Derek. Margaret Mead in Samoa - The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth (1983)

Harris, Marvin. Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: The Riddles of Culture (1974)

Hart, C. W. M, and Arnold Pilling. The Tiwi of Northern Australia (1960)       

Kluckholn, Clyde. Mirror for Man (1944)

Lakoff, George and Mark Johnson. Metaphors We Live By (1980)

Mauss, Marcel. The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies (1954)

Mead, Margaret. Coming of Age in Samoa (1928)

Nanda, Serena. Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India (1990)

Van Maanen, John. Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography (1988)             

Whorf, Benjamin Lee. Language, Thought and Reality (1956)

2.) The American Anthropological Association is holding its annual meeting in San Francisco from November 19 to 23 at the Hilton.

The array of topics is truly diverse, from “Community Inclusion, Collaboration and Engagement in the Anthropology of Tourism” to “Religion and Relief of Social Suffering in the Former Soviet Union” to “Democracies, Public Spheres and the Anthropology of Social Change in Bolivia” to the keynote topic, “Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: A Mirror on US Culture.” You are all encouraged to attend! Visit American Anthropological Association for more information on registration, student rates and services, and to see the preliminary schedule. Select one or more meetings and report on what you see. Write a paper as extra credit on the experience.

3.) Answer one of the topics offered in essay one or two. Of course it must be a topic you have not already written about.