Summarize Sources for the Final Research Paper

Week Three Required Articles Select one of the following articles to use as a foundation for Part II of this assignment. You will utilize

this same article for Part II of your Final Research Paper, which is due in Week Five.

Atran, S. (2003). Genesis of suicide terrorism. Science, 299(5612), 1534-1539. Retrieved from the

EBSCOhost database.

• In this article, Atran discusses common misconceptions about terrorists, covering the research on

what motivates terrorists and how to potentially defend against them.

Becker. A. E. (2004). Television, disordered eating, and young women in Fiji: Negotiating body image

and identity during rapid social change. Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry, 28(4), 533-559.

Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.

• In this article, Becker examines the effect that the introduction of television has had upon an

indigenous island culture in Fiji, particularly young women’s perceptions of the “ideal” body type.

Grey, S. (2008). Historical roots, contemporary relevance: Explaining the persistence of polygyny in Sub-

Saharan Africa. Undercurrent Journal, 5(3), 6-19. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.

• In this article, Grey discusses the practice of polygyny (one man marrying multiple women) in

Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the misconception that monogamy and nuclear families are the

most “normal” or desirable family structures.

Hoodfar, H. (n.d.). The veil in their minds and on our heads: Veiling practices and Muslim women.

Retrieved from http://www.umass.edu/wost/syllabi/spring06/hoodfar.pdf

• In this article, Hoodfar discusses the many misconceptions that people have about Muslim women

who wear the veil, the history of veiling, and the many Muslim cultures encompassed by this

tradition.

Murphy, F. (2011). Archives of sorrow: An exploration of Australia's stolen generations and their journey

into the past. History and Anthropology, 22(4), 481-495. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost

database.

• In this article, Miner discusses aspects of Nacirema (or American) culture from an etic

perspective.

Tsuji, Y. (2011). Rites of passage to death and afterlife in Japan. Generations, 35(3), 28-33. Retrieved

from the EBSCOhost database.

• In this article, Tsuji discusses Japanese rites of passage to death and the afterlife in Japan. In

contrast to American society, where old death is not marked by many a rites of passage, Japanese

elders enjoy a number of rituals throughout their old age and even after their deaths.