Intro to Anthropology 2023

 

  Marriage:  a transaction  resulting in a contract between two or more parties in which two or more individuals are recognized as having (1) a continuing claim to the rights of  sexual access , (2)  legitimization of children  (3) kin relations are established, and (4) there is a clear statement of the proper  roles and responsibilities  of each party.  Marriages are backed by social, economic and legal forces within a culture EXAMPLES: Ghost Marriage among the Nuer Woman/Woman marriage among the Southern Bantu Tali Tying among the Nayar (pre-menstruation) Berdache' among the Navaho Marriage Rules:  (will speak about special marriage rules later) Exogamous Rules / (Exogamy):  states the groups you must marry "out" of  "Incest Taboo"  : prohibits sexual relations between "blood relatives" (This is always a required rule) Genetic explanation-deleterious genes & mutation? Human nature explanation? Familiarity breeds cont...

Nationalism:  the ideology with which cultural units (NATIONS) and political units (STATES) must be congruent, and political boundaries correspond to cultural boundaries. an ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state and holds that such obligations outweigh other individual or group interests. It further aims to build and maintain a single national identity to promote a national unity or solidarity  national identity is based on a combination of shared social characteristics Belief that one should defend a compatriot against a foreigner, whether the former is in the right or not. Eulogi zing and almost worship of national personalities and historical heroes of one's country. Revival of past traditions. three types of nationalism ethnic The term “ethnic nationalism” refers to movements of group allegiance based on a shared ethnic identity.The central tenet of ethnic nationalists is that ethnic groups have a right to self-determination ...

  Stupid Deaths  ·           renowned global health advocate, ·           medical anthropologist, ·           cofounder of Partners In Health, and ·           chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard     Medical School. ·          U.N. Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Community-based Medicine and Lessons from Haiti. The most publicly influential anthropologist since Margaret Mead and her mentor, the “founding father” of U.S. anthropology, Franz Boas.  ·           Seeing the world from the perspective of the planet’s poorest. Unlike many doctors (and anthropologists for that matter), Farmer has lived for decades with his patients, first in Haiti and la...

   MAP OF NON-BINARY TRADITIONAL GENDERS MUXE in Mexican Culture Social convention says there are two types of people: male and female. And you know who’s who based on their genitalia. But in fact, various cultures have long recognized members who buck the biological binary.  The ancients wrote of people who were neither men nor women; individuals have been swapping genders for centuries; and intellectuals have fiercely debated the connection between the body and the self.  Today, there are many populations with alternative identities,    hijras  in South Asia,  kathoeys  in Thailand muxes  in Mexico Gender and Sexuality in THAILAND  "Are bodies everywhere defined as male or female and variations on that? If so why?"  Either way, "how do human societies determine sex and gender?" Sexual dimorphism: variations on the theme The first question posed was, "Are bodies always defined as male or female and variations on that?" The con...