Anthropology

Summary of the Balinese cockfight as argued and described by Geertz

Summary of Don Kulick's article concerning the lives and sexual attitudes of transgendered prostitutes in Brazil

Summary of how ideas about how food shapes culture and how culture shapes food

Summary of Kelly's observations of the shift in cultural practices within the Indian community in Fiji

A short summary of how Gmelch explored the rituals of baseball players in order to receive good luck during their tournament. Gmelch compares the rituals of American baseball players to those of the Trobriand Islanders

This is a summary of the 2nd reading done in week 5 by Karl Marx and Osborne

Summary readings of the work done in week 5 regarding the fetish of commodities by Karl Marx and Osborne

Summary reading of Yanis Varoufakis: The Birth of market society covered in week 2