ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ston, Race Today, American Association Of Family And Consumer Sciences
9 Mar 2017
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The presumed heredity characteristics of a group of people. Imagined as an ascribed status; imagined as something you"re born with and cannot change (not flexible) Social identities are used in social stratification and legal classification (ex. Misjudgements: (false statements: biological- some sort of biological basis of behavioural traits; rooted in science, however it is justified in social classifications/hierarchy, term used interchangeably with ethnicity different things. Social stratification: unequal access to wealth/economic resources (things that have value), power (ability to persuade others and often control them), prestige (respect and honour); many of our ideas are stratified. Intensifies as communities become large (urbanization), develop agriculture, and develop the necessity for occupational specialization (different jobs) Capitalism increases forms of social hierarchies like class. Class: perceptions of an individual"s standing or stats in society, normally based on economic criteria. Max weber based on things like educational attainment, occupation, religious or spiritual affiliation, economics.
