ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Identity, Imagined Community, Breastfeeding
29 Jun 2016
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How are identities shaped by culture (culturally constructed) Identity is: a learned personal and social type of affiliation that help us learn how to belong in society, example: age, gender, sexuality/sexual orientation, social class, nationality, race, ethnicity, religious/spiritual identity. Are interested in how culture shapes our identities. Identities are culturally constructed they are shaped by cultural forces and learned behaviours. One example of enculturation the process through which people learn an identity. How do we learn a sense of canadian identity, or what it means to be. Imagined community: a sense of community in the absence of face-to-face interaction. Medical tests that highlight the role of cultural forces in shaping motherhood as a social identity. Bond between mother and fetus/baby are constructed via technology. Lisa mitchell and rosalind petchesky: the politics of ultrasounds across. The social role/identity of motherhood is shaped by cultural forces (in capitalist societies): baby showers, shopping for the baby, breastfeeding vs.
