ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Margaret Mead, Enculturation, Polytheism
4 Dec 2017
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Identity group inter-sex: racial identity, ethnic identity. We naturalize our familial identities we assume that shared genes/(cid:495)blood(cid:495: (cid:498)blood is thicker than water(cid:499, biological genetic relationships are perceived to be (cid:494)tighter(cid:495) Not all of our (cid:494)identities(cid:495) are something we are born with. Just because you are biologically related to someone that implies there is going to be a strong social bond. Discourse refers to a way of thinking and talking about something. Nature: biology, what we were born with. Nurture: the byproduct of forces of enculturation. Result of biology change in hormones, therefore this is a universal reckless time, defying parents experience. She challenges this notion that peoples experiences are universal. We cannot make the assumption that our identities and experiences in life. Adopt a bio cultural approach (our identities are the complex byproduct of. Identities as embodied we use our bodies to express identities. Interested in looking at how we show off our identities in public places to each other.
