writing assignment two
ANT 3523 - Medical Anthropology
Writing Assignment 2: Care Across Generations
Answer one of the following prompts: Prompt 1: Yarris argues that, in Nicaragua, grandmother care for children whose parent has migrated is shaped by particular structural conditions meeting particular cultural values. First, discuss at least three structural conditions that Yarris argues are central for understanding this kind of grandmother care. Second, discuss the main cultural values that Yarris suggests grandmothers are embodying through their care. Third, explain how Yarris sees these structural conditions as connected to these cultural values in the everyday lives of the grandmothers she studied, and give an example of this (from the text) in the life of one grandmother. Lastly, explain Yarris’s argument for grandmother caregiving as an agentive, critical response to the situation in which these grandmothers find themselves and their families. Prompt 2: Yarris argues that pensado mucho is a relatively common “idiom of distress” among the grandmothers in her study. First, a) identify what Yarris means by an “idiom of distress” and b) articulate Yarris’s main argument(s) regarding the role of pensado mucho as an idiom of distress in the everyday lives of these grandmothers. Secondly, discuss how we can see pensado mucho as relating to the ambivalence and uncertainty that Yarris argues characterizes many grandmothers caregivers’ experience. Third, explain how, based on what we know about her research design, Yarris collected findings regarding pensado mucho (hint: use the Appendix!). Lastly, explain how Yarris’s arguments about pensado mucho in the lives of grandmother caregivers connect to at least one of the broader messages of this text. Papers must: - Be 800 - 1000 words (including the works cited section- we will be strict!)
- Not use any outside sources - Cite Care Across Generations correctly in every instance - Be typed - Be submitted in Word or PDF format - Include your name on the document itself
For every claim you make that you have gotten from a text (ie. anything you’ve learned from the text that you are using in the paper) you must cite where in the text that claim is coming from (using author’s last name, date of publication, and page number). If you are drawing your claim from more than one location in the text, your citation should include all page numbers. You may pull direct quotes from the articles, or you can paraphrase or summarize. Your choice should not affect your citations, as citations must be done for direct quotes or paraphrasing. DUE: Monday, March 29, 11:59pm The 24-hour lateness policy is in effect for this assignment. Assignments submitted up to 24 hours after the deadline will receive a 10% deduction. No assignments will be accepted after Tuesday, March 30 at 11:59pm.