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21 Cards in this Set
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The idea of a witch is closely related to the subversion of male authority, a reversal of patriarchal authority that Saint _______ asserted was divinely ordained.
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Saint Paul
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____________ saw women's souls and bodies as being inferior.
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Aristotle
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Witchcraft was not considered a heresy (punishable by death), until it was ____________.
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linked to the Devil
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Brain's " __________ theory" offers an explanation for the absence of witchcraft among nomadic hunter-gatherers, but its presence among sedentary horticultural societies
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"mobility theory"
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Two universal constants about witch beliefs that cut across cultures...
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1. witches represent people's deepest fears about themselves and society
2. witches represent a reversal of all that is considered normal behavior in a particular society |
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The first example of the subversion of divine authority is...
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attributed to Eve in her disobedience
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The Navajo culture...
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is a matrilineal society (where marriage is often matrilocal - so the husband moves to his wife's family)
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The locality of marriage is crucial to determining the ______ of women.
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image
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Claude Levi-Strauss suggested that the primary pair of oppositions is that of...
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nature vs. culture
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Francis Bacon took the view that the mission of science was the ___________ of nature.
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subjugation
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The first example of the subversion of divine authority is...
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attributed to Eve in her disobedience
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The Navajo culture...
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is a matrilineal society (where marriage is often matrilocal - so the husband moves to his wife's family)
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The locality of marriage is crucial to determining the ______ of women.
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image
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Claude Levi-Strauss suggested that the primary pair of oppositions is that of...
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nature vs. culture
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Francis Bacon took the view that the mission of science was the ___________ of nature.
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subjugation
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Distinguish between unilateral and bilateral descent societies.
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Unilateral - property rights are acknowledged/subscribe to a belief in sorcery or witchcraft or both.
Bilateral - possess negligible property/do not subscribe to belief in sorcery or witchcraft. |
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The crucial factor differentiating African from Australian hunter-gatherers is...
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"the relatively tight control which men exercise over women" among the Australians
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Societies with total mobility and little attachment to property (consequently little development of hierarchy and authority) =
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no fears about witchcraft
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Societies with considerable mobility but some attachment to property (often expressed as unilineal descent) =
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likely to believe that witchcraft exists
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Sedentary peoples of the non-industrial world =
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almost always believe in witchcraft
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Witchcraft, sorcery or both exist in societies that are...
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Unilineal (patrilineal) and own property
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