SA 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Norm (Social)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 101
• Professor: Michael Hathaway

Document Summary

Food and clothing: social markers that address and dress, ex. of anthropological idea that our actions and objects both reproduce society and produce it culture in ux (moving): all aspects of life ! Marked vs. unmarked objects (something taken for granted; social norm; labels): ex. in people (female cop, female judge are marked), food (spicy food, ! Objects eaten or worn = commodities: commodities: purchased/made somewhere in factory, part of larger circuits (circuits culturally created, not just economics where ! each country sells products that can be made more ef ciently/cheaply)! Diff. food for diff. occasions (ex. holidays, weddings, religions/ethnic foods, events)! Flavours, taste sweet vs. bitter: depending on ethnicity, diff. Avours perceived differently (ex. bitterness not ! liked by many)! Mass produced, commodities: ideas of individuals thru fashion! Secondhand clothes in rst world countries being sold to africans! Africans purchase the secondhand clothing in bulks, then sell them to other africans!