ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Margaret Mead, Grave Goods, Cultural Relativism
12 Apr 2016
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Margaret mead,1928 - coming of age in samoa : studied adolescence & girls going through puberty, cross-cultural comparisons. Teens were given more freedom to make their own choices. Adopt a biocultural approach (our identities are the complex by-product of both nature. & nurture) - although most anthropologists (with the exception of some biological anthropologists) explore the role of culture in shaping identity. Identities are embodied: we use our bodies (consciously or unconsciously) to display our identities. Shows how our identities are uid & dynamic - constantly changing. Clothing: example of homa hoodfar"s (canadian anthropologist) work on veiling among young muslim women - stresses the importance of ethnography, cultural relativism, Music, af liations with pop culture, dietary choices, coffee, hair, body modi cations, etc. Architecture, symbolism, the amount of work/money that went into is. Allows us to identify who they were (social status, etc. : some societies place items in the grave along with the body.
