Discuss with reference to the comparative anthropology of exchange. Critically consider how anthropologists have analysed blood-feud as a mechanism of social control in stateless societies. Describe any religious ritual with which you are familiar and discuss its significance for creating and affirming a sense of communal identity. Compare and contrast the relationship between language and status in at least TWO societies. Anthropologists should not act as consultants for mult-national companies operating 'the Third World'.
Modern consumption leads to the elimination of cultural differences.
Notions of the causality of illness underpin the distinction between culturally specific medical systems.