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ethnocentrism
using the practices of your own "people" as a yardstick to measure how well the customs of other, different peoples measure up.
cultural relativism
anthropologists were urged to interpret specific beliefs and practices in the context of the culture to which they belonged
phonemas
minimal units of sound recognized by speakers of a particular language
morphmes
the minimal unit of meaning in a language
syntax
the structure of sentences
kinesics
body language
lexicon
in a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions
dialect
variety of a language; speech patterns
register
versions of a particular language associated with particular social settings(court room talk vs. chat with friend)
code switching
switching from one variety(register) to another depending on audience
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
the culture and thought patterns of people are strongly influenced by the language they speak
minimal response
non-verbal elements of communication
tag question
Women use these to convey submission in conversational speech
medicalization
process by which health or behavior conditions come to be defined and treated as medical issues
embodiment
we can not experience the body outside of culture, it inextricably instructs us in the interpretation of body signs; pain, beauty, desire etc are learned experiences of the body.
overweight
comparison to norm, BMI, HWR
anorexia nervosa
an eating disorder characterized by extremely low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight
obesity trends
the gender difference in the total percent and site distribution of body fat, the concentration of obesity in certain ethnic groups, the increase in obesity associated with economic modernization, the powerful and complex relationship between social class and obesity
motivations for eating
hunger, celebration, social eating, emotional eating, competition
food entitlements
land on which to grow food, employment to gain wages with which to purchase food, moral obligation to ensure that others have food, governmental responsibility to care for constituency
gray zone
don't have to follow normal rules, survival over ethical
lumpen
bottom of social class, not apart of class because can't participate
methadone
more addictive then heroin and has more difficult withdrawal
deghnu
this and milk are used for fattening because they are white and flow through the body
socialization
the process by which people acquire the skills they need to participate in wider society, interact appropriately and assume social roles and responsibilities
enculturation
the social processes through which children come to adopt the ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving considered appropriate for adults in their culture
Which group is the second largest racial group and has the highest rate of HIV infection?
african americans
What is the primary food entitlement of industrialized nations?
Wage employment
Discontinuous societies aim to?
Separate the role of children from adult.
White guy addicts
shoot heroin, muscle it, have been beaten down by society, no since of strength, the way not into it for the high just do it because junkies, more dangerous, abscesses.
African Americans
inject heroin into vein to get higher faster, part of drug culture, try to make high fast and enjoyable, higher risk of overdose
ageism
anti-aging products, access, physicians provide more detailed and responsive information to younger patients, few physicians choose geriatric, palliative, or end of life care.
social clocks
culturally specific times for life activities: reproduction, driving, career, sex, reading, retirement, marriage.
disease
an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions(medical)
illness
a state of poor health, synonym for disease(something you are experiencing)
types of age
social, chronological, biological
age:social
how you perform your age, dress and performance
age:chronological
your actual age
age:biological
your a appeared age by outside factors
Hewlett
Aka from Africa, Congo, fathers and infants
Bourgois and Schonberg
Right Dopefiend, Francisco
Benedict
Continuous and Discontinuous
Goodlin/Lester
eating disorders
Film
-Gulla people from South Carolina and Georgia, Mendi from Sierra Leone in Africa
Continuous
aging happens gradually, rather than having a sudden moment when you become an adult.
Discontinuous
where you are a child, and then suddenly you are an adult. the focus is on your status culturally not biologically.
Childhood
protected, vulnerable, obedient, submissive, play
straight 18
ban that seeks to prevent the recruitment and use of children under 18 in armed forces or groups and to bar the criminal prosecution of children for war crimes
Rebecca Popene
Azawagh people from Niger-Feeding Desire