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    Jolene Vanderpool Professor Rice ANTH 1200 30 September 2011 Americans view Christmas as a time to give and appreciate everything we have had in the year and to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ‚ but it can also be seen as a selfish holiday as we ask for presents from our loved ones. The essay‚ “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari” by Richard Borshay Lee explains that you cannot take what is said and done to you as a reflection of your personal views if you do not take the time to think about

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    Eating Christmas in the Kalahari Eating Christmas in the Kalahari is an interesting story of how ethnographer‚ Richard Borshay Lee‚ exploring the culture of the local !Kung Bushmen natives in the Kalahari Desert‚ experiences a cultural misinterpretation which caused him so much grief and concern‚ it almost led to him backing out of his lengthy three year study. Lee nearing the end of his study‚ decided to supply the meat for the Christmas feast as a parting gift. Bushmen take this meal extremely

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    Eating Christmas in the Kalahari by Richard Borshay Lee Writing Essay Krystal Webb Sociology 111 Grade: Freshman Eating Christmas in the Kalahari I. Abstract: The purpose of this essay is to talk about the early nineteenth century‚ when the London Missionary Society brought Christmas to southern Tswana. The idea of Christmas was spread Through all of the Kalahari Desert .Richard ‚ who went by the Bushmen name given to him Ontah bought an ox for Christmas to share with the Bushmen

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    The article Eating Christmas In The Kalahari by Richard Borshay Lee reveals to its readers the topic of the life of Bushmen tribes in the Africa. The author describes his experience of life among the Bushmen. Moreover‚ he shares the lesson that he got from the representatives of this tribal group. This situation helped the article’s author to open for himself the principles regulating the social relations of this group of people and to better understand the value of social concepts in the life of

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    Analysis of “Eating Christmas in the KalahariRichard Lee’s piece‚ “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari‚” describes his experience living with the !Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in south central Africa‚ but it does more than just reiterate a three year stint with a native African tribe. It also serves as documentation of another instance of how different societies of people distinguish themselves from one another with certain customs and differences in how they conduct themselves socially.

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    Positive Reinforcement Positive reinforcement is a type of operant conditioning. According to Cherry‚ positive reinforcement involves anything that follows a behavior that makes it more likely that the behavior will occur again in the future. Normally The positive reinforcement has a pleasurable outcome. Some examples of positive reinforcement includes after making the sales quota at your job at a dealership so your boss gives you a bonus‚ receiving a praise from your boss when doing a great job

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    Christmas in the Kalahari Kristyna Ondo Ivy Tech Community College Eating Christmas in the Kalahari Eating Christmas in the Kalahari was a very interesting story based on Richard Borshay Lee’s experiences in southern Africa. After reading it‚ I realized the Bushman tribe with their strong traditions was a perfect example of Durkheim’s mechanical solidarity. Thank you Gesture All of the parts of the story started to come together in the end for me as well as it did for /ontah

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    Eating Christmas in the Kalahari” by anthropologist Richard Lee demonstrates many more concepts in sociology. In the article Lee is doing fieldwork in the Kalahari desert observing the hunting and gathering practices among the !Kung (Ju/’hoansi). Lee experiences many times of cultural misunderstandings related to naïve realism‚ cultural shock‚ and also not fully understanding what is culturally and ethically appropriate. He learns a very valuable lesson when‚ in his eyes‚ has a perfect idea for

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    Running Head: KALAHARI2 In the article “Eating Christmas in the Kalahri” by Richard Borshay Lee‚ he tells aboutwhat he learned living with the !Kung Bushmen for three years. Richard Borshay Lee is a socialanthropologist who missed a great life lesson while studying this hunting-and-gathering society.In this Gemeinschaft community‚ they worked together to teach this anthropologist somethingimportant to their people yet he was very unaware of their intentions in the beginning. Althoughhe thought

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    Using research (eating Christmas in the Kalahari) explain how social actors give meanings to their actions through social interactions. Also consider how this can lead to cultural misunderstanding. In ‘Eating Christmas in the KalahariRichard Lee kills an Ox for Christmas dinner. Richard kills a big ox for the tribe to eat on Christmas but instead of being greeted with the tribe saying well done for killing such a big ox like he clearly expects he is greeted with tribesmen telling him that the

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