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Creative Expression: Anthropology & the Arts

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show anime  
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show popular culture  
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show arts  
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musical form that is mixing w/British pop music & reggae to become popular form of world music   show
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bhangra originated in folk music of __ in N. India & E. Pakistan   show
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marking and adorning the body as an expression of cultural and personal identity, or which serves other functions   show
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application of aesthetic principles to the production of utilitarian objects and activities   show
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performances that are expressive forms of culture with functions similar to the other arts   show
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show ledger drawings  
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show manga  
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show Orientalism  
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contemporary visual arts and cultural performances of non-Western peoples, as they are increasingly part of a capitalistic global art world that includes international collections, museum exhibits, and tourism   show
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incorporates different musical styles from cultures throughout the world   show
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art is a(n) __ aspect   show
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art is guided by __ __ involving imagination, beauty, skill, & style   show
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painting, architecture, sculpture, carving, pottery, & weaving are considered __ & __ arts   show
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show crafts  
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music, song, poetry, folklore, & myths are considered __ __ of sound as art   show
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dance, sports, games, & play are __ of human body considered art   show
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in Japan, __ __ is considered an art form   show
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in Spain, __ is considered art form   show
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in China & Islamic Middle East, __ is considered art form   show
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fundamental dimension of human species   show
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tools manufactured according to aesthetic principles, embellishment of burial sites beyond practical, & sophisticated/complex cave paintings/sculptures of prehistoric human’s indicate __ __ between arts & being human   show
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show Neanderthals  
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show sophisticated artistic  
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show expression  
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show cultural themes  
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show conscious; unconscious  
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creative expression __ to different aspects of culture   show
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show pleasure; inseparable  
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show fragmented nature  
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art is embedded in almost all aspects of culture in __ societies   show
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show Inuit  
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show instrumental value  
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Inuit do not make distinction between __ & __, as is similar in other nonindustrial societies   show
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in West creative arts such as dance, weaving, singing, & playing of musical instruments are performed as a special __ __ __ called the arts   show
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societies, other then West, dance, weaving, singing, & playing of musical instruments are connected with __ __ activities such as religion, exchange, or storytelling   show
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show specialized role  
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show originality  
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show innovation; difference  
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show Western perception of artist  
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show art in Africa  
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show ethnocentric  
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evidence indicates making of art in all cultures recognized as a(n) __ __, although not necessarily innovative process   show
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creation of something entirely new   show
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improvisation more highly valued than artistic originality & creativity expressed in creating interesting & endless __ on already established __ themes   show
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believe only one right way to sing a song; improvisation not valued, foreign music dangerous & not for __   show
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show remain stable  
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arts are a means of __ __ through images & marking real world __   show
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art expresses basic __, __ & __ of reality in ways that are culturally meaningful   show
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show reflection; intensifies  
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much of power of the arts comes from its __ __which leaves production/performance open to __ of interpretations   show
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show basic cultural theme  
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artistic production/performance may   show
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show one another  
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important anthropological perspective on arts is to understand surface & deep __ __ through which arts __ & __ responses from participants/audience   show
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show symbolic art  
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show art products or performances  
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in some cultures, art products/performances are believes not merely to __ but to partake of the __ of the thing visualized   show
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show spirit; powerful  
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show powerful; traditional processes  
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show art; religion  
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show stability  
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show separated  
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religious groups may attempt to __ __ on art they consider __   show
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show Black Madonna  
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religious leaders in US put pressure on media to exclude showing portion of __ 2000 concert in Rome incorporating __ __   show
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artistic forms are powerful means of symbolic __, conveying __ & provoking interpretation & emotions that have both individual & cultural __   show
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show traditional artistic symbols; emotions  
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one of important contributions of anthropological perspective on art is ability to convey the __ __ symbolic elements to outsiders   show
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show Western music  
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important in evoking emotion because people in that culture have been taught the association   show
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show emotionally  
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show embodies  
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refers to characteristic manner of expression & different cultures/artists have different ones   show
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__ principles are often very stable   show
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show archaeological evidence  
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show chronological periods  
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artistic styles are often used by archaeologists to __ different cultures in region from each other   show
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show prehistoric cultures  
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artistic styles are often used by archaeologists to speculate about __ & __ __ in ancient cultures who either had no writing systems or writing systems are not understood   show
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show emphasis  
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show masks; paintings  
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show verbal skills  
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writing is one of defining attributes of civilization & key source of cultural identity & unity   show
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in China, writing was __ __ of legitimacy & appeared on state monuments & documents   show
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show Islam  
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show geometric design; calligraphy  
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show emphasis; cultural meaning  
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show ritual  
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art functions in society to __ cultural themes   show
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art functions in society by confirming __ __ by making visible power of __ or government __   show
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show resist authority  
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art functions in society to express personal & social __   show
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show elites; domination  
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allow only people in certain social statuses to wear certain material goods   show
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example of art used to resist domination of the state   show
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art is used to intensify ideas of __   show
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art is used to express & record ethnic __ & __   show
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art is used to make __ statements   show
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artistic expression using __ __ & __ is powerful way of communicating with & attempting to control natural/supernatural worlds   show
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dance movements that imitate movements of animals are believed to exert control over those animals; dependence on nature leads to perception of it as an active/personal force to which people must appeal in order to survive   show
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show contemporary hunting societies  
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among most spectacular remains left by early Homo sapiens & provides understanding of connections between art & ritual   show
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about 32,00 years old   show
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about 10,000 years old   show
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show best-known Paleolithic cave art sites  
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Altamira caves in Spain & Grottle Chauvet caves in France are sites of __ __ save paintings   show
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show bulges; dips  
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cave artists __ __ rock in low relief, to make work more dramatic   show
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show costume; jewelry  
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Paleolithic artists __ & __ human figures & ritual & ceremonial objects   show
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show grave goods  
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Paleolithic artists made __ __ that may indicate some for of record keeping   show
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Paleolithic artists made systems of __ & __ in addition to their paintings   show
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show sexual; seasonal  
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show illustrations; processes  
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Ice Age cave art also contains frequent markings of __ __   show
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theories about implications of cave art speculate that a hunter drew image of animal kill in sacred spot in order to __ its __ to nature   show
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show intense emotions  
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art forms are not merely a(n)   show
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show integration  
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death, pride, gender relations are   show
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show particular; compelling  
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show dominant cultural themes  
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show explicitly; unconscious  
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in art a repressed aspect of a culture is considered   show
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show pop culture  
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show otaku  
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show kawaii  
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cuteness image from Japan; big-eyes, beribboned, expressionless pussycat character w/out a mouth to express emotion   show
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awakened from eons of submarine sleep by hydrogen bomb explosion; exhibits radiation-induced physical deformities & engages in nightly attacks on Tokyo reducing city & people to ashes   show
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interprets contemp. Pop culture of anime/manga/otaku subculture growing out of repercussions of Japanese defeat by US & dropping on A-bomb, & post-war society dominated by American-imposed democratization & demilitarization   show
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Murakami emphasize that Japan has not really examined its __ for events in WWII & post-WWII   show
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Murakami emphasizes denying WWII event traumas created __ __ such as anxiety, shame, & pervasive sense of impotence which find their outlets in pop culture   show
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Murakami reinforces view that Japan’s postwar dependence on US has kept it from __ __   show
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reflected in popular fascination in Japan w/fantasies of violence & power, frequently used in anime   show
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show opposite obsession  
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show African-American  
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show Tenjho Tenge  
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show Infinite Ryvius  
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show Samurai Champloo  
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show height of fashion  
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show fansubbing  
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emphasizes potential for anthropological & ethnographic research exploring cultural context of Japanese pop cultures & global interactions of its participants   show
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show Clifford Geertz  
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show expressive forms  
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consuming passion of Balinese; competition for prestige among men; intense identification w/animals w/much time spent caring, discussing, & looking at them   show
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show ideal masculine self  
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in identifying w/his animal, Balinese man identifying with what he most fears, hates & fascinated by __ __ __ that animal represents   show
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cockfight embodies opposition of __ & __   show
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show creative power  
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cockfight embodies __ __ of loosened animality   show
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central to Balinese cockfighting & basic part of competition for prestige that forms deep play aspect   show
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show own masculinity  
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show prestige  
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refer to as “playing with fire without getting burned” in Balinese cockfighting   show
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show rivalries; hostilities  
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expression of open interpersonal & intergroup __ almost never happens in course of __ Balinese life   show
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show aesthetic ritual  
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show bullfighter  
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involve complex & elaborate process of ritualized violence that makes it not only acceptable but beautiful   show
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show skill; grace; courage  
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show competition; self-image  
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show matador  
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for the audience, in a bullfight, __ __of honor is in physical shakedown, in public, between two men   show
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show murder  
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for Spanish, bullfight is not example of indulging in __ __ __   show
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show honor; anger  
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power embodied in ruler/state represented through graphic, oral, or architectural/performing arts   show
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reiterate/legitimate divine/other source of ruler’s power & political structure through which society is governed   show
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art that reflect/send powerful message about importance of social hierarchy in Native American on NW coast of N America   show
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example of art legitimate social hierarchy & power, contributing to stability, especially in transitional times   show
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show Inca kings  
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show upper-class natives of Peru  
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visual language of European culture   show
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Chinese believe only those w/knowledge of past could have vision of __   show
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essential imperial Chinese courts possess historical __ & __ to display knowledge   show
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life-size portraits of emperor had to incorporate (2) main Chinese ideals of __ __   show
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show Chinese  
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show individualized features  
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Chinese imposing demeanor of absolute ruler, the __ of __   show
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show mythological; Confucian rulers  
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show folktales; oral traditions  
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show oral traditions  
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show African-American oral traditions  
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show Br’er Rabbit  
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Br’er Rabbit stories are direct descendent of __ __ of W Africa & were also possibly responses to those local hierarchies   show
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show badman  
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one of most important artistic efforts & performances are those representing __ & continuity of __ __   show
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show illiterate  
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ledger drawing of some Native American groups are example of use of art to __ history & __ cultural identity   show
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practice of carving a record of their chiefs into canes   show
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many of __ __ told by Native American groups demonstrate resilience of people who have experienced great hardship   show
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Native American ledge drawings provide a __ __ record, way for people to __ themselves in history beyond myths & legends   show
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show trading posts  
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show men; warfare; hunting; tribal identity  
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show personal histories  
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show social customs & communal history  
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show art form  
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when 70 Native Americans (S Cheyenne) imprisoned at Ft Marion in St Augustine scores of ledger drawings produced, which was a time of __ __ __   show
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body art & adornments serves to announce identification with __ __ or mark their __ __ in society   show
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show Polynesia  
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body tattoos developed as form of decoration identifying men on margins of society, such a criminals   show
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show Western societies  
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popularity of piercing/tattooing indicates that these forms of body decoration are now part of __   show
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in many cultures body art associated with enhancing beauty, thus related to   show
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show henna  
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show India & Middle East  
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young girl 1st decorated w/henna 3-4 in prep for Muslim holiday of Ramadan   show
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show marriage; transition  
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first night in 3-day marriage celebration   show
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girl decorated w/henna toward end of pregnancy; viewed as way of preventing illness/misfortune by placating malevolent spirits call jinn   show
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show month of Muharram  
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show representational art  
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henna parties are occasions where women are __ __ __   show
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personal identity deeply connected to artist’s body work, & art critics/historians often try to link artist’s personal identity with their art   show
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show Frida Kahlo  
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great Mexican muralist   show
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votive painting of Christian saints & martyrs; Frida Kahlo   show
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show Mexican folklore image La Llorona  
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indigenous Mexican Tehuana costume of long embroidered skirt & blouse expressed Frida Kahlo’s __ w/peasants & poor of Mexico   show
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Kahlo’s paintings evidenced dualistic principles of dark/light & day/night which have origin in   show
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show Kahlo  
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combined historical images w/abstract expressionism & pop art of Native American life   show
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generated outraged responses among both native & non-native viewers because it broke taboo on talking about ways alcoholism devastated so many Indian lives   show
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differences in museum exhibits of Western & non-Western art implicitly distinguishes between __ us of West and non-Western __ other   show
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show us; them  
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show we; other  
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show insight; fantasies  
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show outsiders  
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show observed; observers  
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show Orient  
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show Egyptian experience  
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Europeans saw __ __ as threatening because perceived it as __ European civilization   show
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show Orientalist paintings  
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show Islam in Orientalist paintings  
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show gender roles & relationships  
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most common symbol of Oriental masculinity, painted in more relaxed poses, drinking coffee, or smoking hookah   show
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central to European fantasies of period of Orientalism   show
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women were portrayed as Orient’s __ __ whether hidden behind veil or revealed in harem   show
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show harems & slave markets  
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show postcards  
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show inaccessibility  
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connects Orientalist fantasies to colonial reality, noting that raiding of women has always been dream & obsession of total victor   show
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show Orientalist representations of women  
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show stereotyped; contrasted  
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show indigenous peoples  
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quite willing to manipulate both art objects & info about their production to meet demands of Western buyers   show
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has now become important factor in both understanding & marketing their arts   show
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importance of artist in N American societies contrasts w/more general emphasis of __ __ in indigenous society   show
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show status  
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show Maria Martinez  
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arts have always been important in __ cultural boundaries   show
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promoted by popular Western TV shows about non-Western cultures, worldwide sale of ethnic art, traveling museum shows, circulation of tribal arts among Western collectors, & tourism   show
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artistic objects/performance that have origins in ritual/social life may become, through __, core around which modern cultural identities are constructed & important source of __   show
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often debases indigenous, culturally authentic, & creative art into mass-produced souvenirs of low quality, lacking any cultural meaning   show
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show support; reaffirm  
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show Bali  
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ritually & socially significant cultural elements change __ as they become part of staged performances for tourists or move from original cultural context into world art market   show
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more recent anthropological interests in art are ways in which artworks of nonindustrialized societies have become __ in process of globalization   show
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more recent anthropological interests in art are ways in which artworks of nonindustrialized societies have become re-conceptualized __ & __ to meet worldwide demand   show
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traditional gate keepers of Western concepts of art; claim great art measured & responded to in terms of universal intrinsic artistic qualities   show
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emphasize art is culturally mediated perspective through which art is not only produced but viewed   show
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one’s education, social status, knowledge about reputation of artist, commercial value of art, & Western perceptions of nonindustrial cultures   show
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show museum exhibits  
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museums originated as national __ __, scientific institutions, preservers of disappearing cultures, & __ collections   show
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show functionalist view of art  
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primitive art in civilized places   show
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show life histories  
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show cultural imperialism  
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repression of ethnographic context, meaning & intention in exhibition of indigenous art made “primitives” seem less than __ & consolidated Western feelings of __   show
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claimed art museum exhibits of decontextualized non-Western art emphasizing antique, pure, & authentic, ignored actual values of those who made art & placed art within Western capitalist culture, as commodities   show
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show ethnographic inquiry  
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museums __ & __ our perceptions of other culture   show
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mainly subsistence cultivators; two artistic products of tongkonan & tau-tau   show
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show tongkonan  
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wooden effigies of nobles carved in connection w/mortuary ritual; carved only for wealthiest nobility; important symbol of aristocratic status   show
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ethnographer of Toraja; tau-tau & tongkonan are key elements in cultural, political & economic struggle to define many cultural identities   show
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Toraja, tau-tau & tongkonan are key elements in cultural, political & economic struggle to define cultural identity in their __ social hierarchy   show
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show regional multiethnic  
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Toraja, tau-tau & tongkonan are key elements in cultural, political & economic struggle to define cultural identity in larger __ state   show
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show wider world  
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show embodying; challenging  
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show social rank  
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nobles in Toraja society   show
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show ordinary people  
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show visual aspect  
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tongkonan of __ are fully carved & adorned w/intricate patterns   show
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show small portions  
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tongkonan of slaves were __ from decorating houses   show
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relationship between tongkonan, family prestige & power is reinforced by __ in public rituals   show
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show one’s own prestige  
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Indonesian government’s use of tongkonan imagery on __ & __ give Toraja important identity as part of Indonesian state   show
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because of tourist interest in tongkonan Toraja were __ by Indonesian officials to alter them   show
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Torajan art also define Toraja in context of regional ethnic __   show
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two important Muslim ethnic groups among Toraja   show
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tau-tau are commissioned by __ __ __ & every step of carving surrounded by ritual   show
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when __ __ tau-tau adorned with finely woven clothing, betel nut bag filled w/silver & bamboo utensils, head dressing, gold jewelry, & sacred knife   show
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tau-tau is supposed to __ deceased & it makes their __ __   show
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due to Christian influence tau-tau are now viewed as __ __ of dead person   show
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in Toraja, tourism began process by which __ __ objects have been transformed into __ __ of economic significance   show
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show ancestor abduction  
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world music is based on __ musical traditions, produced for __ occasions, in __ languages   show
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traditional musicians, in world music, have frequently adopted Western __ & __   show
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show call-and-response; polyrhythm  
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preserved by slaves & adapted into sacred & secular music of New World   show
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bhangra is music of __ but means different things to different __   show
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bhangra often music of resistance to young, urban __ __ __   show
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show racism; tradition; modernity  
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elders consider bhangra Western __ of their traditions   show
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