Peoples and Cultures of Europe

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• REM: term paper due Tuesday, 24 July 2007, at 11:59 p.m. CDT
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Old Business

• Ireland
  • Introduction. . . .
  • Aran, Galway, Conemara, County Clare. . . . (#108 Cliffs of Mohar)
    
    
• Units of Analysis (slides)
  • Culture Metaphor: Humor (#159)
    
    

Features of the Day

• Four-stage model of analysis (slides)
  
  
  • Units of Analysis: Metaphors (slides)
    
    
    
• The EU Chocolate Wars: A run-up to Scaling (slides)
  
  

Assignments

• Read for and work on your term paper
  
  
• Think about starting assignments for next week:
  
  
  • Read: Europe in the Anthropological Imagination
    Ch. 5 "Representing Italy"
    
    
  • Read: A Crisis of Births: Population Politics and Family-Making in Italy
    Ch. 1 "Population Politics, Population Struggles"
    Ch. 2 "Family Tree, Revolutionary Roots"
    Ch. 3 "Field Work, Sweater Work"
    Ch. 4 "Displaying Class, Consuming Distinction"