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Short Discussion Questions. Please use and reference This book: Chapter 9 of Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

1. In Chapter 9, “Gender and Age,” the author links together gender, age, politics and the division of labor. Why does the author do this and what are some of the main points the author tries to make? In your responses, please be sure to properly cite specific examples and passages from relevant readings, to include pertinent authors and debates, as well as your own experiences to support your answer.

2. Also drawing from Chapter 9, define “rites of passage” and discuss this concept in terms of gender and age. In your responses, please be sure to properly cite specific examples and passages from relevant readings, to include pertinent authors and debates, as well as your own experiences to support your answer. Starts on pg 145.

3. The essay “The Gender of Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes” covers a lot of ground both descriptively and conceptually. Please discuss at least two (2) specific topics and/or specific passages that you found particularly surprising or interesting. How has this article made you think differently or perhaps more deeply about a certain issue or issues? What questions have been raised in your mind? In your discussions please be sure to cite specific examples and relevant passages from the article to support your answers. Feel free to draw from any experiences or knowledge that you feel would be relevant to this topic (conversations and interactions with others, learning from other sources, etc.).