1. Anthropological fieldwork requires the anthropologist to think critically about his or her own cultural practices and beliefs. He or she must be able to reflect upon personal beliefs and values and have those beliefs and values challenged. Choose an issue we have studied in class and discuss how your own beliefs and values have been challenged.
2. Describe a rite of passage you have personally experienced. Be sure you describe each stage of the rite of passage. Compare and contrast your rite of passage to one described either by Turnbull in "The Forest People" or Bourgois and Schonberg in "Righteous Dopefiend." Why are these rites significant in their respective cultures (i.e. what does it tell us about what is significant/important in each society)?
3. How do the ideologies of race, ethnicity, class, the "melting pot" and the "American Dream" work to maintain and justify social stratification in the United States?