Write an essay on ONE of the following questions based on the topics covered in this subject, using only anthropological texts

Essay Question Option 2

Write an essay on ONE of the following questions based on the topics covered in this subject, using only anthropological texts (see below for information on useful Anthropology databases you can access through the library website.)

1. Eating and drinking:Using examples from one or two cultural groups, discuss how anthropologists have explained the cultural aspects of eating and/or drinking.
2. Environmental anthropology:Discuss how anthropological research can contribute to understanding human responses to the impacts of climate change. You can focus on examples from one or two cultural groups if you wish.
3. Tourism:Discuss how anthropologists draw on the idea of ‘authenticity’ in their critiques of tourism.
4. Subcultures:Choose an example of a subculture and discuss the ways in which it provides members with a sense of belonging and identity.
5. Cultures of poverty:Discuss how anthropological research can contribute to understanding the causes and experiences poverty. You can focus on examples from one or two cultural groups if you wish.
6. Refugees and precarity:Discuss how anthropologists have used the concept of ‘precarity’ to understand the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers.
7. Ethnicity:Discuss the concept of ‘ethnicity’ in relation to the construction of identity by the children of migrants.
8. Gender:How do different societies respond to gender diversity? Compare two case studies to answer this question.
9. Sexuality: How have anthropologists analysed the way sexual culture is shaped by gender relations in different societies?