WGST 2811 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Big-Game Hunting, Wgst

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 2811
• Professor: Hal Goldman

Document Summary

Exclusively identified by men since the beginning of traditional society: likely result of men being faster & stronger than women. Speed & strength magnified in difficult & dangerous situations. Substitute for battle, relied on similar martial skills: vital way boys proved that they were ready to become men. High status activity: provider of more valued meat, raises their status. Vast majority of calories consumed in primitive societies (past & present) comes from gathering (e. g. , oats, fruits, veggies, etc. : women did the gathering. Spiritual men in hunter-gatherer societies thought there was a direct relation b/w hunters. Societies engaging in cannibalism: consuming one"s enemy transfers the enemy"s strength into killer. Men w/ time, wealth, training, & equipment engage in hunting. Ordinary men reduced to peasant agriculture or herders of animals. Association b/w hunting large game and high status men: game belonged to the royal, even if it was on your land, big game hunting became tied to imperialism.