Humanities Homework Help

Write an essay about Beliefs and Identities. Please number your responses.

1. Religion, Ritual, and Communication (250-500 words)

Define religion. Describe the different elements of religion.

What is ritual? Identify one of the three types of ritual, define it, and provide an example of this type of ritual and explain why this example fits the criteria of the ritual type you have identified.

Explain, in your own words, what symbols are and some of the ways they are used to communicate.

2. Gender and Sexuality (250-500 words)

Explain the difference between sex, gender, and sexuality.

What is a gender ideology? Do gender ideologies vary across cultures? Explain, using examples from the book, class, discussion, etc.

3. Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality (250-500 words)

What is race? Is race conceptualized the same way across cultures? Explain.

Identify and explain three critiques of the ‘biological race’ concept.

What is ethnicity, and how does it differ from the concept of nationality?

4. Families and Making Kin (250-500 words)

Synthesizing the topics in this module, explain how family and kinship are shaped by (and shape) religion, ritual, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and nationality.

Some things to consider if you aren’t sure how to approach this question:

What role do religion and ritual play when it comes to different types of family making and kinship creating?

How do gender ideologies and sexual diversity function within extant kinship systems?

How might markers of identity influence who we marry or make kin with?

How might discrimination, intolerance, and bigotry make it harder for some types of families or types of kin-making compared to others?