How Would the Cultural Materialists Analyze the Practice of Elimination

question 31

Multiple Choice

How would the cultural materialists analyze the practice of elimination in villages in India?

• A)They would study the ecological advantages that village practices provide and how social norms enforce advantageous practices
• B)They would analyze the symbolic significance of clean and unclean
• C)They would study class conflict and how practices of elimination enforce social hegemony
• D)They would seek out the underlying social structures
• E)They would seek to deconstruct power-knowledge relations

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