ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Homo Sapiens, Plastic Surgery, Social Stratification
13 Apr 2016
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Class is based on education, religious affiliation, occupation, economics power as opposed to hands on jobs this valuation contributes to stratification. : american dream myth that became a reality, belief equal opportunity is offered to everyone (usually in media) Great gatsby born into poverty & threw hard work & goes rags to riches. Presumed hereditary characteristics of a group of people. Taken for granted in mainstream society that races exists. Race is arbitrary culturally constructed identity but w real consequences. Based on a cultural system of classification that has been mythological as natural. Legal classification & social stratification (some states make foulest race on legal docs) Species group of organisms that are reproductively isolate from others (dogs & cats) Sub-species subdivision of spaces; geographically isolated to create different (diff breeds of cats & dogs. People in past agued different races are akin to different species/breeds. Sub-species requires 2 things morphologically distinct, geographically distinct.
