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Being Lue: Uses and Abuses of Ethnic Identification

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Moerman, Michael


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Referenced by: ANKN Clearinghouse

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Theme(s): Exploring Horizons

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"Anthropologists use the word 'tribe' in three distinct, but related ways: to stipulate an evolutionary stage (e.g., Service 1962), to distinguish one type of society from others (as in the literature about India, Africa, and Southeast Asia), and to label any population whose members share a common culture."

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