The cause of child rearing in the 20th century Yanomami is social structure and aggression.
The Yanomami believe their children to be very precious and are more vulnerable and susceptible to be stolen and supernatural perils, consequently they require a great deal of protection both physically and spiritually (Salamone 1997, 41). This essay will look at the level to which aggression is reflected in to child rearing in Yanomami tribes in the 20th century. This essay will further explore the internal conflict of a village as a product of aggressive behaviour between men on the expressed status they hold and how their society may come to extreme resolutions. It will also look at the way boys are shaped through social structure to become warriors …show more content…
Usually striking silently at dawn involving up to a few dozen warriors, they target the first person they encounter by firing arrows and retreat, not necessarily the person responsible for the previous death. Ferocity in the Yanomami is best called feuding and raiding as the actions are brief and moderate rather than war. The objective is not to defeat, although to take revenge for prior killings or to take possession of women and children (Bodley 2011, 53). Smaller sized villages are more vulnerable of being successfully raided by others. A village that has been raided lose their women and children to the victors as well as domesticated dogs and other material objects the village once possessed, such as shotguns acquired by Europeans. They are hesitant to attack larger, stronger villages, as they fear retaliation; “live constantly if not nervously in a condition of threat of attack” (A Man Called Bee, 1974). A village’s reputation is constituted by the sum of fierce ones a village has. Yanomami use persuasive power in ways of arguments and reciprocity to other similar sized villages to form an alliance. Allied neighbours won’t attack without warning and may even help to raid common enemy’s, strong alliances may even offer refuge in times of …show more content…
Women have no place amongst these raids or any political power and are submissive to the men’s rules. She focuses on raising her sons to be great warriors as this is the only input she has to the village, through raising her children as the primary caregiver. Women fear the raiders from outside villages, taking them away, therefore they ridicule the men in a way that will result in helping protect themselves from such raids (Salamone 1997, 40). This informal way of the women gaining social control through provoking and teasing the men to become fierce by avenging wrongs so that others will not view them as weak and lightly taken, but indeed “fierce” and a force to be reckoned
The Yanomami believe their children to be very precious and are more vulnerable and susceptible to be stolen and supernatural perils, consequently they require a great deal of protection both physically and spiritually (Salamone 1997, 41). This essay will look at the level to which aggression is reflected in to child rearing in Yanomami tribes in the 20th century. This essay will further explore the internal conflict of a village as a product of aggressive behaviour between men on the expressed status they hold and how their society may come to extreme resolutions. It will also look at the way boys are shaped through social structure to become warriors …show more content…
Usually striking silently at dawn involving up to a few dozen warriors, they target the first person they encounter by firing arrows and retreat, not necessarily the person responsible for the previous death. Ferocity in the Yanomami is best called feuding and raiding as the actions are brief and moderate rather than war. The objective is not to defeat, although to take revenge for prior killings or to take possession of women and children (Bodley 2011, 53). Smaller sized villages are more vulnerable of being successfully raided by others. A village that has been raided lose their women and children to the victors as well as domesticated dogs and other material objects the village once possessed, such as shotguns acquired by Europeans. They are hesitant to attack larger, stronger villages, as they fear retaliation; “live constantly if not nervously in a condition of threat of attack” (A Man Called Bee, 1974). A village’s reputation is constituted by the sum of fierce ones a village has. Yanomami use persuasive power in ways of arguments and reciprocity to other similar sized villages to form an alliance. Allied neighbours won’t attack without warning and may even help to raid common enemy’s, strong alliances may even offer refuge in times of …show more content…
Women have no place amongst these raids or any political power and are submissive to the men’s rules. She focuses on raising her sons to be great warriors as this is the only input she has to the village, through raising her children as the primary caregiver. Women fear the raiders from outside villages, taking them away, therefore they ridicule the men in a way that will result in helping protect themselves from such raids (Salamone 1997, 40). This informal way of the women gaining social control through provoking and teasing the men to become fierce by avenging wrongs so that others will not view them as weak and lightly taken, but indeed “fierce” and a force to be reckoned