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Feasting and social structure

February 26 (M)- Seminar: Polynesian Feasting (20 points, +5)

  • Kirch, P.V. (2001). “Polynesian Feasting in Ethnohistoric, Ethnographic, and Archaeological Contexts: A Comparison of Three Societies.” In Feasts: Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives on Food, Politics, and Power, eds. M. Dietler and B. Hayden, Pp. 168-184. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute Press.

Suggested: Kirch, P.V. and R.C. Green. (2001). “Food preparation and cuisine.” In Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia: An Essay in Historical Anthropology, Pp. 143-162. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

February 28 (W)- Seminar: Feast of Merit (20 points, +5)

  • Selections from Leach, E. (1967 [1954]). Political Systems of Highland Burma. New York: Beacon Press.

Suggested: Kirsch, A.T. (1973). Feasting and Social Oscillation: Religion and Society in Upland Southeast Asia. Data Paper, No. 92. Ithaca: Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asian Studies Cornell University. 

March 2 (F)- Seminar: The Potlatch (20 points, +5 for each additional reading)

  • Selections from Walens, S. (1981). Feasting with Cannibals: An Essay on Kwakiutl Cosmology. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Suggested: Suttles, W. (1991). “Streams of Property, Armor of Wealth: The Traditional Kwakiutl Potlatch.” In Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlach, ed. A. Jonaitis, Pp. 71-134. New York: American Museum of Natural History and University of Washington Press [This book documents an art exhibition, so there are a lot of photos and less text than you might expect].

Suggested: Webster, G.C. (1991). “The Contemporary Potlatch.” In Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlach, ed. A. Jonaitis, Pp. 227-250. New York: American Museum of Natural History and University of Washington Press [This book documents an art exhibition, so there are a lot of photos and less text than you might expect].[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_btn title=”Week 7″ align=”left” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-chevron-left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fjordanhaug.com%2Fcourses%2Fanth3200%2Fweek7%2F|||”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_btn title=”Anth 3200″ align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-home” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fjordanhaug.com%2Fcourses%2Fanth3200%2F|||”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_btn title=”Week 9″ align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-chevron-right” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fjordanhaug.com%2Fcourses%2Fanth3200%2Fweek9%2F|||”][/vc_column][/vc_row]