Ethnography Paper on Thanksgiving - 850 Words

As the holiday season is coming nearer each day, I found it appropriate to look further into the traditional Thanksgiving topic. I can only describe what my family does, my Puerto Rican and Caucasian family. As far as I can say, we are not necessarily traditional with our celebration of Thanksgiving. So I figured why not use this assignment as a way to further look into the holiday and how it is celebrated across America, this can mean anything from families celebrating it in their homes, to the retail shops of the country selling holiday/seasonal items to go along with the tradition. I would like to examine the traditions of thanksgiving. In an article by Pleck (2011) it was claimed that the pilgrims did not have ruffled shirts, buckled shoes nor did they consume on turkey at the harvest feast that occurred in 1621. This may come as a shock to most because growing up we were taught to believe these along with other â€Å"facts† about the harvest feast that we come to know as the first thanksgiving. The pilgrims lost many of their people in the winter of 1620 due to lack of foraging knowledge. This led the colony to form a relationship with the Wampanoag tribe. They taught them how to fish as well as gather vegetables. This is thought to be common knowledge but as previously stated this may not be completely true after all. Pleck was not the only person to uncover the truth about the harvest feast of 1621. A director named Ellis (2010) made a documentary that confirms the feastShow MoreRelatedExam 2 Ch 3 4 HCC SPRING 2015 Ritzer W O Answers Essay3567 Words   |  15 Pagesunderstand how people make sense of their social world. e. None of the above 22) Which of the following is true about ethnography? a. Critique of ethnographies is that they may lack representativeness and they are time consuming b. Ethnographies make it difficult to study groups that are often overlooked by other methods. c. Ethnographies are easily replicated. d. Ethnographies involve ample quantitative data. e. All of the above 23) The type of research that describes people’s behaviors in rich