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.