ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Medical Anthropology, Enculturation, Patrilocal Residence
29 Aug 2020
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The process of transmitting culture from one generation to the next. The family is the first agent of enculturation. The process begins with self-awareness at around 2 years of age in modern western cultures (earlier in non-industrial cultures: chimps and bonobos have self- awareness too. Core values of society is an alternative to national character . Female cross-gender identity among native american tribes; berdache . Kinship: a network of relatives (as a member, individuals have rights and obligations) Purpose: helps organize and meet the needs of survival: food, shelter, reproduction and work. A kin group that shares a direct line of descent from a common ancestor (real or fictional) Unilineal: direct line through male (patrilineal) or female (matrilineal) lineage. Clan: an extended kin group based on unilineal decent from a remote ancestor (legend- myth) Clan groups often have symbolic representations and totems. Based on descent from ancestral spirits; special relationships to plants, animals, nature.
