A. Describe two literary devices that Zora Neale Hurston use in her ethnography. How does she use them to exemplify her points about the conditions limitations of folklore research?
B. Quote one of the definitions of culture that Geertz provides in the two articles by him, and show how it connects to his view of anthropology as the interpretation of culture as if it were a text or ensemble of texts.
C. What does Roseberry say is lacking from Geertzs account of the Balinese cockfight? What alternative view of culture does he work with?
Style and Layout: Format it typed in a standard 12-point, Times New Roman/Garamond font, using 1-inch margins and double spaces. Use the citation & quotation system of your choice, and make sure to use it uniformly and rigorously throughout. The pages should be numbered, with your name on each page.
Reading material description:
1. Hurston, Zora Neale 1935. Mules and Men. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp 3-41.
2. Geertz, Clifford. 1975. Thick Description: Toward in Interpretative Theory of Culture. In The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays, 332. London: Hutchinson.
3. Geertz, Clifford. Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight. In The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays, 41254. London: Hutchinson, 1975.
4. Roseberry, William. Balinese Cockfights and the Seduction of Anthropology (Links to an external site.). Social Research 49, no. 4 (1982): 101328.
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