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How are commodities central to globalization processes? How has that centrality played out in the five ethnographies, and how do different commodities function differently in peoples’ lives? Relate the paper title with five books:
1. Wilk, Richard. 2006. Home Cooking in the Global Village: Caribbean Food from Buccaneers to Ecotourists. London: Berg.

2. Miles, Ann. 2004. From Cuenca to Queens: An Anthropological Story of Transnational Migration. Austin: University of Texas Press.

3. Allison, Anne. 2006. Millenial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination. Berkeley: University of California Press.

4. Stoller, Paul. 2002. Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

5. Weiss, Brad. 2009. Street Dreams and Hip-Hop Barbershops: Global Fantasy in Urban Tanzania. Bloomingtom: Indiana University Press.

Watch movie “Mean Creek” and write about theme. How it relates to Harry Potter themes?

Watch the movies “The Gilmore Girls (Season 1, Episode 1 & Pushing Daises (Season 1, Episode 1) ” also I will be uploading you some readings. Also, read Gerig, Chapter 5. (Text): Romantic vs. Screwball Comedy: Charting the Difference, Wes D. Gehring (ISBN: 0-8108-4424-9) Here is what I need is for you to answer these questions in three paragraphs NUMBERED with each paragraph containing at least 90 words in each. (Questions for #1 Paragraph): Johns and Smith explain that The Gilmore Girls “established itself as a drama that indulges in an idealized world, a fictional utopia known as Stars Hollow” (23), which corresponds with the classlessness and play of the screwball comedies. What other characteristics of the screwball comedy do you see in The Gilmore Girls and Pushing Daisies? (Questions for #2 paragraph): Johns and Smith explain that in The Gilmore Girls throughout every relationship in the show, communication through fast-paced talking and quick quips becomes an essential element of the narrative structure” (25). This is true in Pushing Daisies as well. How does the speed of speech work with the speed of the narrative to set the tone of these two shows? (Questions for #3 paragraph): Johns and Smith raise the question “why are these Gilmorisms so significant?” In the wide range of shows now on television, The Gilmore Girls and Pushing Daisies have been two of the only shows in recent memory that feature contemporary versions of the fast-talking dame. How does this style carry over into contemporary culture? How are they similar to classic fast-talking dames and how do they differ? Why are the significant within the wider context of popular culture now and then?

Make a claim on a theme in one of the Harry Potter’s novels and how it relates to the real world.
This essay will be an argument (Toulmin) paper in which you make a claim on a theme in one of the Harry Potter novels and how it relates to the “real world”. Use the novel, the movie, and any other source you need.

Read book: Hidden Order the Economics of Everyday Life By: David Friedman
Write a book review: On one paragraph summarize the overall message of the book.
Pick two paragraphs, most interesting and most relevant.

Prepare a theoretical and practical evaluation paper of the logistical processes at Tate and Lyle, Silver town

Take a position on a Causal Analysis of your position in the Harry Potter phenomenon; how do you feel about the Harry Potter series? What are some of the causes within the HP series that make people take sides?

Chronicling and exploring identity history: Write an 8-page APA essay chronicling and exploring identity as a specific factor in your history (both personal & familial) relating it to the experiences of Minority groups in the United States. Utilizing qualitative research, analyze and critically approach the factors. (Historical, social, economic, political, religious, legal, culture, etc.) That have shaped your experiences, and your family’s experiences, in the US.

Lawrence v. Texas: Analyze the case, litigants and its ascent to the Texas Supreme Court if applicable. A description and analysis of one or two related cases may be included as well as describing its political/policy impact/consequences of the case and state their reaction to it.

Watch the movie “Some Like It Hot (1959)” also I will be uploading you some readings. (Questions): Devito and Tropea discuss the shifting meanings of Marilyn Monroe from the 1950s through the beginning of the 21st century. Why do you think our understanding and the meanings of Marilyn Monroe have differed so significantly over time? Why does it matter that there are several meanings associated with Monroe, rather than on “objective” biography or meaning?