1/3/12 Journal

Today was our first day back after break. It is our theater history day, and we talked about Modernism a little bit. Each table was assigned a topic or a name and we had to find information about it. Ashley, Bre, and I were assigned J.G. Frazer. He was born in 1854 and was famous for his discoveries in anthropology. He is often considered one of the founders of contemporary anthropology. He studied competitive religion and myth. He wrote about 20 books during his lifetime, his most popular being The Golden Bough. The Golden Bough stated a thesis, which was: Old Religions were fertility cults that revolved around one major higher being, and this higher being progressed from magic. He was also the editor of the ninth edition of the encyclopedia. His work was a primary scorce material for the neo-pagan movement.