MANE-003 IGNOU Solved Assignments 2024-25

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MANE-003 ; Comparative Ethnography

Course Code: MANE 003

Assignment Code: MANE 003/AST/TMA/2024-25

Note: There are two sections ‘A’ and ‘B’. Attempt five questions and at least two questions from each section. All questions carry equal marks.

Section- A

1.Define ethnography? Discuss the new trends in ethnography.

2.Discuss  the  interpretative  and  the  feminist  approach  in  writing  ethnographies  with  suitable examples.

3.Deliberate on the concept of kinship as portrayed in the ethnography The Web of Kinship among the Tallensi.

4.Analyse the concepts of class, caste and power as reflected in Andre Beteilli’s work.

5.Write short notes:

a.Ethics in writing

b.Notes on love in a Tamil Family

Section-B

6.With reference to M.N. Srinivas’s work outline the ritual idiom of the Coorgs.

7.Discuss the concept of ‘coming of age’ as portrayed in Margaret Mead’s work.

8.Examine Annette. B. Weiner’s work among The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea and how it had an impact on gender study.

9.Discuss the ethnography India’s Changing Villages: Human Factors in Community Development.

10.Write short notes referring to the ethnographies discussed in the course: 10+10

a.T.N. Madan

b.Himalayan Polyandry