Browsing Lambda Alpha Journal, v.27, 1997 by Title
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Adaptation of the Filipino family upon Immigration to the United States
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 1997)This study examines how acculturation into United States society has caused the structure of immigrant Filipino families to change. Surveys given to young adults (18-26 years old) who were born in the United States or ... -
Commentary on Fallacies of Uncritical Multiculturalism. By Tibor Machan. The Freeman Ideas on Liberty. Irvington-on-the-Hudson: The Foundation for Economic Education. Pp. 134-135.
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 1997)A commentary on "Fallacies of uncritical multiculturalism" by Tibor Machan published in "The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty" (March 1996, Vol.46 No.3) -
Cultural translation and the concept of power in Tony Hillerman’s fiction
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 1997)A review of interpretation of Navajo Indian culture in Tony Hillerman's mystery novels. -
Dirty faces of development: street children in Colombia and Brazil
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 1997)Author discusses the complementary processes of urbanization and industrialization in Latin America and shows how policies which seek to concentrate capital in the formal urban industrial sector of the economy have subjected ... -
Identity, Self-in context: 67214, Wichita, Kansas
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 1997)"The purpose of this essay is to examine the kind of relationship that exists between identity and environment. A great amount of thought and theory has been focused on the concept of self and context. This essay attempts ... -
Lambda Alpha Journal, v.27 (complete version)
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 1997)This issue ncludes a sociocultural study of immigrant Filipino communities in the United States, a study of urban anthropology in Brazil and in the United States Midwest, a study of social organization among the Hopi of ... -
Letter from the Editor
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Mechanics of continuity and community: Traditional ceremonies of the Hopi life cycle
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 1997)This paper describes a traditional culture of Hopi Indians and its major ceremonies related to the most important steps of life cycle. -
Tuberculosis: an anthropological perspective
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 1997)This paper provides a basic understanding of the disease process involved in tuberculosis, discusses its historical roots, and the role of cultural contacts in its transmission.