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End-of-chapter questions
ОглавлениеOutline ways in which the human body both shapes and is shaped by sociocultural, historical and political processes.
How is the ‘body’ culturally constructed?
How are bodies experienced differently in different societies?
Identify and critically evaluate key questions and theoretical approaches used in the anthropological study of the body.
Should there be limits to the extent to which medical technologies transform the body?
What knowledge can be gained about a culture through an examination of body adornments?
How does society ‘create’ and assign value to the physical body, its gender, birth and death?
