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28 Cards in this Set
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Monogamy
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common in small and large scale societies. Allows people to move around easier
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polygamy
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mid scale societies. Multiple spouses.
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Polygyny
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man + women. expensive and social status symbol.
(man marries oldest sister then each younger sister) |
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polyandry
(fraternal polyandry) |
rare. Woman+ men.
(brothers marrying same wife) |
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Nayar
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island. marriage where kid is taken care of three fathers separately. One financially, one biologically, and one raising father.
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Bilineal decent
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1/3 of cultures. Ego can activate any relationship at will because of unbounded network of relatives.
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unillineal decent
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mid scale societies. membership is exact.
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Belief system purpose
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help people deal with psychological problems that are uncontrollable.
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Ritual
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social transformation that generates feelings and creates a sense of unity in society.
(period of transformation) |
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bambuti
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passes childeren around to develop differently
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Julhoansi
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perception is shaped by culture
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nuba
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have four color terms, black white red yellow
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Language Characteristics
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1) shows productivity and has a limited number of units of meaning/ ways to put those together.
2) displacement is the characteristic that represents things from the past/future. |
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Phoneme
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basic unit of meaning
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morpheme
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similar to a word
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syntax
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how words are put together
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dialects
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difference between two technically identical languages
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sapir/whorf hypothesis
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linguistic relativity. the language we speak changes how we act and think.
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socio-linguistics
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study how language is related to society and how it differs between groups.
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Kinesics
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interpretation of non verbal actions
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Human terrain system
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US army employs anthropologist to help them when they are outside US.
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#34 "when Brothers Share a Wife" by Melvyn Goldstein
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about how the polyandry system of marriage works.
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#42 "Circumcision, Pluralism, and Dilemas of cultural Relativism" by Corinne Kratz
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about how male and female circumcision is performed throwout the world and how you must see it from their point of view.
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Kertzer Article
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How religions and rituals relate together and what their purpose is
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#32 "Our babies, Ourselves" by Meridith Small
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about how infants are taken care of differently in different societies.
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Bernard Article
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about language diversity
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#28 "Talk in the intimate Relationship" by Deborah Tannen
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about how men and women communicate differently.
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Janus
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about how global advertizing is destroying culture and making global inequality.
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