ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Yanomami, Hegemonic Masculinity, Nationstates
5 Dec 2016
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Example # 2- yanomamo and violence to protect resources and in response to stress. Yanomamo of venezuela and brazil as patriarchal society that practices polygyny. Waiteri is an ideal element of a hegemonic masculinity. Men are the ones that dominate authoritative positions- believe that their roles are more important than women roles. Waiteri increased in the 1960s as a result of changes such as: 1. presence/influence of westerners- led to competition between religious groups. Depletion of game resources and pollution of environment. Outgrowth of colonialism considered to be a necessary response to its effects. Practice horticulture- supplemented with fishing and hunting. In the 1960s people started to have contact with outsiders, missionaries. Important for leaders to justify any acts violence within their acts of territory and external to that. Note that modern nation states must publicly justify acts of collective violence and they frequently use the mass media to deliver their message.
