ANTHRO 3AC Study Guide - Final Guide: White Flight, Modus Vivendi, Erving Goffman
30 Dec 2016
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Final review: short answer questions (5/8 - 12) Definition: the first spear kills, the second spear explains the circumstances. Significance: azande also called it witchcraft (used to solve problems bring peace in a community), connects reason to causation, system of values used to regulate human conduct. Communities don"t have morals, but they have created a system of conduct because they did not want to be accused of being witches. Have not gained the acceptance of the group > treated differently (usually inferior) Definition: separation-liminality-integration (in context of liminality and communitas, gennep) Stage 1: separation: individual is an outsider, detached from the group. Stage 3: reintegration: individual is accepted & embedded into social life in the community communitas: state that liminality brings about, generally based on equality & companionship. Significance: this is a process that happens across cultures and especially during the transition between childhood to adulthood, details process of acceptance.
