Margaret Mead's Ethnography in the Admiralty Islands Represents Anthropology More

question 10

Multiple Choice

Margaret Mead's ethnography in the Admiralty Islands represents anthropology more than sociology because,at the time,anthropologists

• A)were more often female,and sociologists were more often male.
• B)conducted fieldwork,but sociologists did not.
• C)studied families,whereas sociologists studied individuals.
• D)studied people from different cultures,while sociologists studied their own societies.

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Definitions:

Formalism

Strict adherence to, or dependence on, stylized shapes and methods of composition. An emphasis on an artwork’s visual elements rather than its subject.

Art Critic

An individual who evaluates and discusses the merits, faults, and value of artworks, often publishing their analyses in magazines, newspapers, or online platforms.

Art Brut

French, “Crude Art.” The mid-20th-century art movement led by Jean Dubuffet that rejected the conventions of traditional art in favor of the untaught art of children and the mentally ill.

Expressionist Artist

An artist associated with expressionism, an art movement that emphasizes the expression of emotional experience over physical reality.