Lambda Alpha Journal, v.35, 2005
About the Lambda Alpha Journal
TheLambda Alpha Journal is a yearly publication of student papers by members of the Lambda Alpha National Honor Society and is published at Wichita State University, Department of Anthropology, 1845 Fairmount, Box 52, Wichita, KS 67260-0052. Professional, avocational, student manuscripts, and book reviews of recent publications are welcome. The journal is made possible through the efforts of the Journal editorial staff residing at the founding chapter, Alpha of Kansas. Funding for the Journal is obtained through subscriptions and continuing sponsorship by the Student Government Association of Wichita State University.
Editor-In-Chief : Peer H. Moore-Jansen
Student editor : Sandi Harvey
Copyright by Lambda Alpha National Honor Society
Recent Submissions
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Lambda Alpha Journal, v.35 (complete version)
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)The thirty fifth volume of Lambda Alpha Journal includes includes seven papers with topics in biological, archaeological, and cultural anthropology, books reviews, and an updated list of chapters and advisors, followed ... -
Letter from the editor
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Creative commodification of handicrafts, the encounter between the export market and the indigenous weaver: comparisons of Latin American weaving communities
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)Processes of integration of traditional weaving of Latin America to market -
Perceptions of malaria among Western populations and the Wandamba of Eastern Africa: A cross-cultural comparison
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)Author describes perceptions of Western and Eatern African (Wandamba) people on malaria, its cause and prevention. -
A co-evolutionary look at a host-parasite interaction: sickle cell anemia and malaria
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)This paper discusses sickle cell anemia, malaria, and how the malaria parasites played a role in human evolution by providing protective qualities that insured reproductive success in individuals who carried the sickle ... -
The setting is not the play: Neanderthals unbound on the European landscape
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Dowry and marriage ideology in modern-day India: Tradition borne from modernization
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)Author describes a contradictory dynamic of tradition and modernization in contemporary India where antient practice of dowry remains a cultural law despite modernization and anti-dowry legislation. A status of Indian women ... -
A comparative study between two organizations that integrate religions
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)Author shows that Sunset Spiritualist Church and Camp and Inter-Faith Ministries, two Kansas religious organizations, are more similar than different. They differ in their methods towards creating the utopia future that ... -
Palaces of Minoan Crete
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)Author discusses Minoan palatial forms, their origin, features, and architectural values as the important source of historical and archeological studies. -
Book review: The killing of history: How literary critics and social theorists are murdering our past, Keith Windschuttle, 1996
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)Reviewer supports the author's efforts to point out to the dander of postmodernistic and other cultural studies attempts to change a balance between empirical evidences and theoretical interpretations in historical research. -
Book review: A history of anthropological theory, Paul A.Erickson and Liam D.Murphy, 2001
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)Review of the 2nd edition of the college textbook "A History of Anthropological Theory" by Erickson and Murphy, 2001. Recommended as a good overview of major anthropological theories and figures. -
Book review: The Marquesan notion of the person, John Kirkpatrick, 1983
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)A review of the Kirkpatrick's book based on his study of the Marquesan notion of self completed in 70s.
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