Chapter 13

Question 1

Just as churches demarcate religion, ________ set art off from the ordinary world.

Answer 1

museums and theaters

Question 2

Among the ________, wooden sculptures are carved not for aesthetic reasons but to serve as “houses” for spirits.

Answer 2

Kalabari

Question 2

Which term refers to the comparative study of music as an aspect of culture and society?

Answer 2

ethnomusicology

Question 3

________ include(s) storytelling, visual arts, literature, music, and performance arts.

Answer 3

Arts

Question 3

McAllester found that Navajo music reflected the overall culture in three main ways—individualism, foreign music as dangerous, and a(n)

Answer 3

general stress on proper form applied to music.

Question 4

In Brazil, greater use of all media was part of a(n) ________ orientation.

Answer 4

external

Question 4

In Kottak’s study of television in Brazil, the families Brazilians saw on TV tended to have

Answer 4

fewer children than traditional small-town Brazilians did.

Question 5

In Brazil, identity rests on ________ rather than doing

Answer 5

being

Question 6

Sports and media both reflect and ________ culture.

Answer 6

influence

Question 7

________ is synonymous with the arts.

Answer 7

Expressive culture

Question 8

Which of the following statements about individual artists in non-Western societies is true?

Answer 8

They tend to get more feedback during the artistic process than in Western societies.

Question 8

Dance, music, painting, sculpture, pottery, cloth, stories, drama, comedy, etc. are known as

Answer 8

expressive culture.

Question 9

What kind of evidence led scientists studying remains at South Africa’s Blombos Cave to suggest that ancient Africans exhibited abstract and creative thought even 100,000 years ago?

Answer 9

They found artifacts engraved with symbolic marks.

Question 9

What is the term for the comparative study of the musics of the world?

Answer 9

ethnomusicology

Question 9

Found in a cave in Slovenia, the oldest known musical instrument, the “Divje babe flute,” dates back more than

Answer 9

43,000 years.

Question 10

Actors, musicians, and dancers

Answer 10

function as intermediaries who translate the works and ideas of other artists.

Question 10

What helped broaden the study of humanities from fine art and elite art to “folk” and non-Western arts, along with the creative expressions of popular culture?

Answer 10

growing acceptance of the anthropological definition of culture

Question 10

In nonstate societies, artists

Answer 10

tend to be part-time.

Question 11

Anthropologists have an interest in sports because, as the media’s illustrations of U.S. football suggest,

Answer 11

sports can symbolize certain key aspects of the culture in which they are highly popular.

Question 12

In the context of media usage, what did Descartes and Kottak conclude during their fieldwork?

Answer 12

Parents choose the media messages that help them support and reinforce their own life choices.

Question 12

Among the ________ the word for art—ona—encompasses designs on objects, art objects, and the creators of such works.

Answer 12

Yoruba

Question 13

For familiar genres, such as painting or music, societies tend to lack standards by which they judge whether an artwork is complete or fully realized.

Answer 13

false

Question 14

Media consumers actively select, evaluate, and interpret media in ways that make sense to them.

Answer 14

true

Question 14

All art is objectively beautiful.

Answer 14

false

Question 15

Appreciating art involves an aesthetic appreciation of form as well as feeling.

Answer 15

true

Question 16

In the United States, there is a sharp distinction between what is considered art and what is not.

Answer 16

false

Question 17

During his work among the Tiv, Bohannan found that critics played a key role in the creative process for the production of works of art.

Answer 17

true

Question 18

Winning in team sports is an important cultural value in Brazil as well as the United States.

Answer 18

true

Question 19

Cultural values, social forces, and the media influence international sports success.

Answer 19

true

Question 20

In the context of the focus on individuality in Western societies, Haapala (1998) argues that an artist and his or her works can be separated easily. ​

Answer 20

false