Question 1

In "Mother's Love: Death WithouWeeping," Scheper-Hughes claims thathe installation opiped, treated water to all homes in the shantytown contributed mosto the increased survival oinfants in Bom Jesus de Mata.

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In "Mother's Love: Death Without Weeping," Scheper-Hughes states that the installation of piped, treated water to all homes in the shantytown contributed significantly to the decreased infant mortality rate in Bom Jesus de Mata.

Question 2

According to McCurdy in "Family and Kinship in Village India,"

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McCurdy argues that extended kinship systems are well suited to the organization of holding land in agrarian societies, as they enable the pooling of labor and resources.

Question 3

In his article "Family and Kinship in Village India," McCurdy argues thafamily and kinship relations have been extended to provide supporin the markeeconomy.

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In McCurdy's article "Family and Kinship in Village India," he argues that family and kinship relations have been extended to provide support in the market economy, thereby suggesting that the statement is true.

Question 4

According to McCurdy in "Family and Kinship in Village India," the term patrilineage refers to

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According to McCurdy, patrilineage refers to closely related men who are all descended from a known ancestor.

Question 5

In "Mother's Love: Death WithouWeeping," Scheper-Hughes feels thaiwas instinctual for poor mothers to grieve deeply over the death otheir babies in mossocieties unless they have been separated from their infants by illness or divorce.

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In "Death Without Weeping," Scheper-Hughes argues that in certain impoverished communities, mothers may not grieve deeply over the death of their infants due to high infant mortality rates and the need for emotional survival.

Question 6

The Catholic Church's theology oliberation changed the way the Church handled infant deaths.Under this theology,

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The answer of The Catholic Church's theology oliberation changed the...

Question 7

According to Scheper-Hughes in "Mother's Love: Death WithouWeeping," doctors in the Brazilian town oBom Jesus de Mata often

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Scheper-Hughes explains that doctors in Bom Jesus de Mata often failed to recognize malnutrition as the primary cause of illness among poor babies, instead attributing their illnesses to other factors such as dehydration or infections. This led to misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatments, ultimately contributing to high infant mortality rates.

Question 8

According to McCurdy in "Family and Kinship in Village India," until recently Bhil tribals were only permitted to marry people from their own village, thus limiting the scope otheir economic and social worlds.

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McCurdy's work describes the Bhil tribals as practicing exogamy, meaning they marry outside their own village, which expands their economic and social networks.

Question 9

On the basis oher work in northeastern Brazil and on literature describing practices in other parts othe world, Scheper-Hughes feels that

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Scheper-Hughes observed that in societies with high infant mortality rates, it was natural for poor mothers to maintain emotional distance from infants who are likely to die, as a coping mechanism.

Question 10

According to Scheper-Hughes in "Mother's Love: Death WithouWeeping," mothers living in Alto do Cruzeiro in northeastern Brazil have been known to actually hasten the death obabies they felwould nosurvive by failing to feed them properly.

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Scheper-Hughes observed that some mothers in Alto do Cruzeiro would not adequately feed their already sick or malnourished babies, knowing that they would likely not survive. This practice was believed to be a way of sparing the child from future suffering in a harsh and impoverished environment.

Question 11

In "Family and Kinship in Village India," McCurdy notes thaclans are localized organizations orelatives, made up oa person's close male relatives who are all descended from a known common ancestor.

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In "Family and Kinship in Village India," McCurdy describes clans as non-localized groups of relatives, not necessarily living in the same area, who trace their descent from a common ancestor.

Question 12

5.In "Family and Kinship in Village India," McCurdy notes thawhen a groom ritually breaks into his future bride's house athe beginning othe final wedding ceremony, the acis one way to symbolize her movemenfrom her natal family to his.

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McCurdy notes that the ritual of a groom breaking into his future bride's house at the beginning of the final wedding ceremony is one way to symbolize her movement from her natal family to his.

Question 13

According to McCurdy in "Family and Kinship in Village India," which is the mosimportanstructural tension associated with marriage in Bhil society?

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According to McCurdy, the most important structural tension associated with marriage in Bhil society is the shifting of a woman's loyalty, labor, and reproductive potential from her family to her husband's family. This tension is significant because it involves the transfer of resources and power between social units, and it impacts the economic, political, and social relationships of both the bride's and groom's families. In addition, this tension can lead to conflicts and bargaining over the terms of the marriage, such as the size of the bridal gift or the amount of labor required by the bride's family to prepare for the wedding. While decisions about marriage and inheritance are also important in Bhil society, they are secondary to the issue of loyalty and labor transfer.

Question 14

In "Family and Kinship in Village India," McCurdy argues thaarranged marriage functions to

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McCurdy argues that arranged marriages in Bhil society function to create alliances between families and patrilineages. These alliances are important for the maintenance of social and political structures within the village. The exchange of women between families through arranged marriages creates a network of relationships that ensures cooperation and mutual support between them. This is particularly important in a society where the patrilineage is the primary unit of social organization and where access to resources is limited.

Question 15

In "Mother's Love: Death WithouWeeping," Scheper-Hughes reports thaabou infants died in Alto do Cruzeiro, Brazil, in 1965.

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The answer of In "Mother's Love: Death WithouWeeping," Scheper-Hughes reports...

Question 16

According to McCurdy in "Family and Kinship in Village India," marriage allies the families othe bride and groom, which then become equal partners in an association ofeminal kin.

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In "Family and Kinship in Village India," McCurdy explains that marriage creates alliances between families, but it does not necessarily make them equal partners. The relationship is often hierarchical, with the bride's family typically having a lower status.

Question 17

According to McCurdy in "Family and Kinship in Village India," the term feminal kin refers to the relatives othe men who have married women oone's own line, or the relatives othe women who have married men oone's own line.

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McCurdy defines feminal kin as the relatives of men who have married women of one's own line or the relatives of women who have married men of one's own line.

Question 18

According to Scheper-Hughes in "Mother's Love: Death WithouWeeping," three othe following statements are true abouhow the death opoor babies were treated in Alto do Cruzeiro and Bom Jesus de Mata, Brazil.Which one is not?

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According to Scheper-Hughes, midwives did not encourage mothers of dead babies to grieve. They often portrayed the deaths as a blessing in disguise, due to the harsh living conditions of the community. The other statements - A, B, and D - are true. Babies were often buried without headstones or markers, infant graves were reused for other infant burials later, and civil authorities only required a two-paragraph report when a baby died, which contributed to the lack of attention and resources given to infant mortality in the region.

Question 19

In an epilogue to her article "Mother's Love: Death WithouWeeping," Scheper-Hughes argues thathe primary cause othe decline in infanmortality on the Alto do Cruzeiro was a resulof

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In the epilogue, Scheper-Hughes mentions that the primary cause for the decline in infant mortality in Alto do Cruzeiro was the installation of water pipes that carried clean water to virtually every home in the shantytown. She argues that this was the result of a government initiative to improve water and sanitation infrastructure in the area.

Question 20

According to Scheper-Hughes in "Mother's Love: Death WithouWeeping," poor Brazilian mothers living in a shantytown near the town oBom Jesus de Mata

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Scheper-Hughes observed that poor Brazilian mothers often stayed emotionally detached from their babies, particularly those they felt were likely to die, as a coping mechanism in the face of high infant mortality rates.

Quiz 5: Kinship and Family