Lambda Alpha Journal, v.28, 1998
<p><i>Lambda Alpha Journal </i>, the official student joumal of the National Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society, is published regularly at Wichita State University, Department of Anthropology, 130 McKinley Hall, Wichita, KS 67260-0052. Professional, avocational, and student manuscripts, and book reviews of recent publications are welcome. Lambda Alpha will consider manuscripts for publication in any field of Anthropology. All papers submitted to Lambda Alpha Journal become the property of Lambda Alpha. </p> <p><u> Editor-in-Chief </u>: Peer H. Moore-Jansen </p> <p><u>Student Editor-at-Large </u>: Melvin A. Johnson <br> <u>Student Editor </u>: Debra Kreutzer <br> <u> Assistant Student Editor </u>: Rachel Je Meinecke </p>
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This issue is dedicated to the memory of Chester Arthur Harrison.
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Lambda Alpha Journal, v.28 ( complete version )
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)The current volume is dedicated to a dear friend and member of Lambda Alpha, Mr. Chester Arthur Harrison, who passed away in 1997 while serving as an officer in the Society. His efforts and contributions are recognized ... -
Letter from the Editor
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A joking matter: sociolinguistics at work within Southwest Airlines
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)The purpose of this project is to detennine how the clients of Southwest Airlines react to its use of language, how it functions to create an atmosphere ofcommunity or friendliness with the airline, and explore the ... -
Remembering in jazz: collective memory and collective improvisation
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)Speaking ofjazz performances, the late composer Alec Wilder is reported to have once said " I wish to God that some neurologists would sit down and figure out how the improviser's brain works, how he selects, out of ... -
The mysterious phylogeny of gigantopithecus
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)Perhaps the most questionable attribute given to Gigantopithecus is its taxonomic and phylogenetic placement in the superfamily Hominoidea. In 1935 von Koenigswald made the first discovery ofa lower molar at an apothecary ... -
Sex differences and spatial proximity on feeding behaviors in a freeranging population of Mantled Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliate) in northeastern Costa Rica
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The illusion of a classless society: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or China's new class
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)Author discusses classes and class relationships in Mao Zedong's China. -
The Hadza and Kaguru of Tanzania: gender roles and privileges at two subsistence levels
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)Author provides a cultural-ecological interpretation of the roles and place of women in two societies of Tanzania possessing two different subsistence techniques. With a comparison/contrast of the two, this paper ... -
Impacts of an American anthropology field school on the host communities in Barbados
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)Although a significant amount of research has been done recently on the effects studying abroad has on students, very little research has examined the effects students and terms abroad programs have on host families and ... -
Book review: Adams, Vincanne. Tigers of the snow and other virtual Sherpas; an ethnography of Himalayan encounters. 1996, Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey.
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Book review: Sargent, Carolyn F. and Caroline B. Brettell (Eds.). Gender and health: an International perspective. 1996, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)Critical review of "Gender and Health" (1996), a collection of essays gathered by Carolyn F. Sargent and Caroline B. Brettell.
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