course material

1. book: guests of the Sheik
the book can be found on this site, when choosen the free sample option, and signed in with
gmail account, it will be the full book. Thank
you.https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Elizabeth_Warnock_Fernea_Guests_of_th
e_Sheik?id=YxgcUMWAXo0CjinQuestions for Guests of the Sheik1. You are Fatima, a
middle-aged, middle-class woman in El Nahra,Iraq in 1954. You have met an American
woman for the first time in your life, and have come to know her pretty well. But you just
cannot understand how she can be happy living according to the American customs she has
described to you. Construct Fatima’ s argument for why the customs of Iraq, especially as
they relate to gender roles and gender relationships, are vastly superior to those of the
United States.2. Although veiling and the seclusion of women are presently associated
in Westerm minds with Islam, these phenomena were present in the Middle East centuries
(probably millennia) before Islam gave them new meaning. Explain some of the
NONRELIGIOUS reasons that veiling and seclusion of women could develop in the area. Why
did veiling and seclusion NOT develop among the (precontact) Kung? NOTE: climate is not
an issue (it gets to be l20 degrees in El Nahra in the summer); property and subsistence
are.3. Explain the Brahmin problem in general terms. How does the Brahmin problem
operate in El Nahra? Why is it particularly severe during the time described in Guests of the
Sheik? There are at least two reasons.Nisa and how to take an essay examAuthor: McKee,
NancyScore:– Greetings from Fort Worth, Texas.My husband and I just arrived this
afternoon fter a three and a half day drive from Pullman.Perfect weather, but from eastern
Colorado to Fort Worth it is a truly boring drive.The reason we made the trip is that
ourdaughter, Hannah, is a second year medical resident at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort
Worth.Second year residents do notget Christmas off.They do not get Thanksgiving off.So if
you want to spend holiday time with your doctor daughter, you go toher.We did the same
thing last year, when she was a first year resident (aka intern).She works (right now she’ s
on the laborand delivery night shift), my husband reads mysteries and does repairs and
yard work, and I work on a book manuscript and thisclass.For me, it’ s a lot like
transporting Pullman to Fort Worth.I hope you have got started onNisaby now.It’ s not the
longest reading we have, but it’ s a great way to start thinking aboutgender variation, and
it’ skind of a soft entrance into a three week course.A l0t of students tell me when they first
start readingNisathat they don’ t like her.They find her“ spoiled.” If you have the same
feelings, let me offer two suggestions.First:giveNisa a chance; I’ m virtually certain she’ ll
grow on you.And second: remember that the Kung have a different philosophy of

2. childrearing from the one most Americans have.It’ s not that the Kung have no system of
morality.Of course, they do; ALL humangroups have a system of morality.It is just a bit
different from ours.For one thing, they don’ t think children have much of amoral
instinct.As they say,“ their sense hasn’ t come to them yet.” So they don’ t expect much
from very small children.Theymay get mad at them and yell at them.They may even
threaten them with gross bodily harm.But they don’ t actually hit them orhurt them.They
may say something like“ If you don’ t quit doing that I’ ll beat you until you shit.” But they
don’ t.By contrast,Americans are inclined to think saying something like that to a child is
terrible, but on the other hand, some Americans believe it isacceptable (or even beneficial)
to hit children.Anthropologists, as far as I have read, universally report that Kung children
arewell balanced and cheerful.This is an illustration of one of the most fundamental insights
of anthropology: that people across theworld are both remarkably different (in specific
cultural practices) and profoundly the same (in their fundamental desires andgoals).On
another topic entirely, and even though we are still at the very beginning of our super
compressed winter session, I wanted togive you some pointers on how to take an essay
exam.Except in linguistics, where students have to do problems, I give onlyessay
exams.Even though they re a tremendous, time–consuming drag to grade, I am unalterably
convinced that they result inmore lasting knowledge for the student.But many faculty do
not use essay exams, which means that many students are unfamiliarwith them.Because of
that, I have written up a few pointers for you.Although you have a while yet before you have
to turn inyour first exam, I wanted to make sure you had these pointers to think about as
you read.HOW TO TAKE AN ESSAY EXAMThe two most common ways of losing points, aside
from just blowing off the whole exam, are not answering the whole questionand not
providing specific, concrete examples.Read the whole question, which may be long.Then
answer each part of it.Thenread your whole answer again.Then read the question again and
ask yourself if you have answered each part of it.As you readyour answer, ask yourself if
you have provided plenty of specific, concrete examples for every point you
make.Remember thatgeneral statements are empty and not persuasive without specific
examples, and lists of specifics without a coherent framework toorganize them are
meaningless.Every essay answer needs to contain the following material:a framework of
clear, general statementsspecific, concrete evidence that supports these statementsanalysis
and discussion of the material presenteda coherent summary conclusion, indicating the
significance of what you have saidWrite your answers in essay form, not as lists.This is
not“ padding,” as one student once told me, but a way of indicating thatyou know how the
information fits together.Write in standard, academic English.Use Spell Check and be sure
you ALSO proofread your answers.There is no excuse foruniversity students to maker
errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, or usage.If you have writing problems, consult a
goodwriting handbook.If you make many errors, you can lose up to five points.12/22/2014
| 5:52 PMRating:– Flag:– If English is not your native language, regardless of where you
were born, let us know.You should still do your best, but you willnot be held to the same
mechanical standard as native speakers of English.This is only fair, considering how
tolerant othercountries are of Americans who study abroad.Don’ t bother to restate the
question, but do make sure you number each one.Whatever some long ago teacher might

3. once have told you about topic sentences, avoid the stupid, vapid ones like“ the study
oflinguistics is very interesting,” or“ there are many differences between Americans and the
Kung.” A topic sentence should containREAL INFORMATION.There is no minimum official
length for an answer, but if all you are coming up with is a paragraph, you are not providing
enoughmaterial.The pint of a take–home exam is completeness and complexity, not
brevity.CITE YOUR SOURCES.When you refer to material that isn’ t part of the general stock
of common knowledge,GIVECREDIT TO THE SOURCE.For the purposes of exams you will
write for me, this will mean your lectures and your assignedreadings.After you refer to a
specific piece of information, credit the video lecture as (Class lecture #4)—
in
parentheses.Forthe readings, credit them as (Jones 1997: 43), giving the author, date of
publication, and page number.You may use othersources, but it is emphatically not required
to do so to score 100, and I advise against it.There is a lot of fantastic material on theWeb,
and I use it all the time.But there is also a lot of crap out there.The problem is that you will
not necessarily know whethermaterial on the Kung or on the Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis is
accurate.If you cite inaccurate information, regardless of the source,you will lose points.If
you d use additional resources, electronic or print, you must cite them.And regardless of
whether you useonly assigned sources or additional sources, you must list them on a page
titles“ References Cited.” You may use any style youare familiar with for your References
Cited page, as long as all the necessary information is there.Don’ t cheat.This has not usually
been a big problem with distance students, but recently there have been a few
problems.Youmay ask a friend for help in proofreading, but not in supplying information.Do
not be tempted by the vast quantities ofinformation on the Web to lift a large quantity
material and present it as your own.This is cheating, and it will result in a zero andmy
sending your name to the Dean of Students.It’ s embarrassing and horrible, so please don’ t
do it.ORDER TODAY YOUR PAPER WITH SIMILAR INSTRUCTIONS AND WE WILL WRITE
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