Lambda Alpha Journal, v.37, 2007
About the Lambda Alpha Journal
The Lambda Alpha Journal is a yearly publication of student papers by members of the Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology and is published at theWichita State University Department of Anthropology. 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 : Dr. Peer H. Moore-Jansen
Founded by Dr. Lowell D. Holmes
Student-editor: Sandi Harvey
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Recent Submissions
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9th Annual Lambda Alpha Symposium, Wichita, KS Abstracts
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Lambda Alpha Journal, v.37 (complete version)
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)This volume presents seven papers with topics in cultural, archaeological and biological anthropology as well as book and article reviews. In the first paper, Danielle Deemer discusses how local knowledge is used to ... -
Letter from the Editor
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)Introduction to the 37th issue of Lambda Alpha Journal -
Youth outmigration and local knowledge: Implications for rural CSAS
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)This research paper is an effort to understand not only why rural youths are moving to urban centers in such great numbers, but also the prospects for rural CSA farms. -
Rampant Lions: The Buddhist response to violence in Sri Lanka
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)Author describes religious, social, and ethnic roots of Sri Lanka political history. He concludes that "competing national myths, conflicting views over the use of public space, and different experiences under colonialism, ... -
Nguyen, Gennie Thi. Home is where rice is: maintaining and transforming cultural identity beyond the borders of Vietnam
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)This paper discusses how persisting Vietnamese foodways are critical to sustaining cultural identity for Vietnamese refugees. For any immigrant group, traditional foods represent a connection to the past, function to ... -
Psychiana: a 20th century revitalization movement?
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)This paper examines and compares the characteristics of Psychiana, from its inception to its demise, with the typology of revitalization movements provided by Anthony F.C. Wallace. It includes information from Robinson’s ... -
The Katsina cult and Pueblo IV religious and political organization
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)Author evaluates the interpretations of origin and evolution of the Pueblo Katsina Cult and proposes her own explanation of on the role of Katsina Cult in the Pueblo society. -
The road to Sumer: a look into the development of Mesopotamia’s early cultures using the multilinear evolution theory
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)Author explores the complex problem of origin of human civilization using Ancient Mesopotamia as an example. -
Why did the Aztecs convert to Catholicism, following the conquest of the Spaniards in 1521
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)Three major explanatory theories of Aztecs' conversion to Christianity are discussed. -
Book review: Sexual Salvation: Affirming Women’s Sexual Rights and Pleasures by Naomi B. McCormick, 1994
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Book review: Rice as self: Japanese identitites through time, Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, 1993
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Book review: Generation X: Anthropology in a Media-Saturated World by Sherry B. Ortner, 1995
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)A review of the article “Generation X: Anthropology in a Media Saturated World.” (Ethos 23(3): 414-440) by Sherry B. Ortner. -
Book review: An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia, Paul Sillitoe, 1998
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)A book review of "An introduction to the anthropology of Melanesia : culture and tradition" by Paul Sillitoe (1998). -
Book review: The Crisis of the Self in the Age of Information, Raymond Barglow, 1994
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)A review of "The crisis of the self in the age of information : computers, dophins, and dreams" by Raymond Barglow (Routledge, 1994).
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