ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gilbert Herdt
26 Jan 2015
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All questions are multiple choice (50 questions) All material covered from jan. 7 to and including feb. 7 material. Course material all readings, films, lecture notes. Focus on overlap from lecture notes and text. In our society, we tend to divide people into three categories: heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual, and we tend to view sexuality as an ascribed (fixed) category or identity. But in some societies, culture influences sexuality, even if only for a short period of time. Nothing is really fixed, you can switch between these categories. Not there real name, synonym given to them by anthropologists in the 1970"s for their protection. They live in the highland region of papua new guinea. Tend to move frequently to avoid enemies and prevent taxing their resources. Fairly secluded from western contact until the 70"s. Rigid gender roles, not like our society where gender roles are more fluent and overlapping.
