Read the article “When Brothers Share a Wife” and “Death Without Weeping”
Humanities
Please read Reading 7 – When Brothers Share a Wife (A-33 – A-36) by Melvyn Goldstein and Reading 8 – Death Without Weeping (A-37 – A-42) by Nany Schepher-Hughes (and the Update on A-42) and write a short reaction paper about 1.5 to 2 pages in length. Be sure to think about concepts from concerning inheritance, descent marriage rules when reading both articles. The below maps may help you understand the people a bit better.
Map for the locations of the Tibetans living in Nepal’s Limi – or Little Tibet – region for “When Brother’s Share a Wife”: http://goo.gl/maps/Fxsg (Links to an external site.) (Be sure to use Satellite view!)
Map of Pernambuco and the likely locations of Bom Jesus da Mata. http://goo.gl/maps/jdP53 (Links to an external site.)(Be sure to use Satellite view!)
COPY AND PASTE them into the web address bar in your browser and they should open.
Be sure to include what the article made you think about, how it made you feel or if you agree/disagree with conclusions the author reaches instead of summarizing the article.
