Anthropology of Food Paper Assignment
Instructions
The Assignment:
Pick a food that is important to you and represents your culture. Think about
it in terms of the articles we have read about food and describe the
importance of it within your family or cultural history. You can interview
family members for this paper if it will help you describe how it is relevant
to your cultural life.
Guidelines:
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You must cite sources using Chicago style formatting.
Your bibliography should include the author’s name, year of publication, and
publisher. For example:
Benedict, Ruth. "The Individual and the Pattern of Culture." In Readings
for a History of Anthropological Theory 2nd Edition, by Paul A. Erickson
and Liam D. Murphy, 130-143. Ontario: Broadview Press, 2006.
Geertz, Clifford. “Thick Description,” in The Interpretation of
Cultures. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
Stack, Carol. All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black
Community. New York: Harper, 1975.
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When you write about books, the book title
should be italicized. Mention titles of articles in quotes. Use in-text
citations with page numbers (Geertz 1973, 25).
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Always put a page
number in parentheses after a quote.
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Use your spell check function on your computer
and proofread carefully.
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Consult this funny comic for a list of commonly
misspelled words: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
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Whenever you want to write about individuals or people
in a general way, use the term “when an individual” or “when a person” never
use, “when you.” Although we do this in spoken English, it is incorrect
in a formal paper.
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Do not use contractions.
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Do not use colloquialisms. For example, “the
people in Stack’s book were broke,” is incorrect. Instead, use “The individuals
in Stack’s book live below the poverty line.”
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Whenever you write about literature, always use
the present tense. Even if the book was written a hundred years ago, literature
is a living entity so you should discuss it as though it were happening now.
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Do not begin a paragraph with a quote. Quotes
are great to use, but not in place of topic sentences.
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Always use the active tense. Instead of saying,
“the ball was hit by the bat,” you want to say, “the bat hit the ball.”
