David Schneider found all of the following attributes of American kinship except it:
a. could not extend upward beyond three generations in identifying ancestors.
b. was practiced very weakly and sometimes did not count sibling bonds.
c. would cut off and not count biological kin for emotional reasons.
d. would cut off and not count some biological kin because of geographical distance.
Question 2
What is the manhood puzzle?
A) It is a theory that argues that the more young boys are tested, the better men they become in later life.
B) It is a psychological drama in which men and women play roles of opposition in order to construct a viable society.
C) It is a game that anthropologists use to determine how challenging the rites of passage are for young men and women as they enter puberty.
D) It is an actual maze through which young men must pass in order to be declared men - it is found among the Sambia (New Guinea).
E) It is an approach that questions why attaining manhood is filled with obstacles in so many cultures.
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