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Why is the human body an important object of anthropological study?
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Social Anthropology 1Ah Essay 1 Title 3: Why is the human body an important object of anthropological study? For the purpose of this essay, I have decided to start with a quotation from Thomas Hylland Eriksen, in Small Places, Large Issues (2001): "[...] anthropology is about how different people can be, but it also tries to find out in what sense it can be said that all humans have something in common". This seems relevant to the title question, as cross-culturally the body's existence is acknowledged; however, there is a difference in the ways in which distinct societies use and perceive their bodies, the ways in which they interpret its function and meaning, as well as the way they define the very concept of a 'person', of being human. The study of the body is important for anthropology, as its role is to examine these differences, and to determine how they have...
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