On the Basis of His Student's Negative Experience in a Barbadian

question 26

Multiple Choice

On the basis of his student's negative experience in a Barbadian village,Gmelch concludes in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas" that

• A) it is difficult for U.S. women to find acceptance in Barbadian communities because people there think they are morally "loose."
• B) American students unconsciously look down on Barbadians and are unable to hide their sense of superiority.
• C) a great barrier to student research in places like Barbados is that local people view students as tourists.
• D) U.S. students assume that Barbadian communities are homogeneous and fail to appreciate the social dynamics found in small face-to-face communities.

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