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jjjetplane

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on: Jul 10, 2018
Why do many anthropologists believe that football is so popular in the United States?
 
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What is structural anthropology?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

It manipulates key cultural themes such as masculine identity, the violence and sexuality underlying competition between men, etc.

Answer to Question 2

It is a theoretical perspective that holds that all cultures reflect similar deep, underlying patterns and that anthropologists should attempt to define these patterns.


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