Annette Weiner Encountered "Discordant Realities" Between Her Research Findings from the Trobriand

question 57

Multiple Choice

Annette Weiner encountered "discordant realities" between her research findings from the Trobriand Islands and the findings of Malinowski 60 years earlier.What did this indicate,according to her?

• A) She had been "overinfluenced" by the work of Malinowski.
• B) It was her responsibility to contradict Malinowski's findings because he was her theoretical opponent.
• C) The differences between her analyses and Malinowski's reflected historical shifts in anthropological perspectives and knowledge.
• D) Malinowski's interpretations of his data were mistaken because they were too male-centred.

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