ANTH 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Margaret Mead, Puebloan Peoples, Plains Indians

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 203
• Professor: Dr Saulesh Yessenova

Document Summary

Ruth benedict & margaret mead established the culture and personality movement. Boas: attempt at separating biological from cultural factors. Key premises in culture and personality movement: socialization (cid:272)(cid:396)eates pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455) patte(cid:396)(cid:374)s; it shapes a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s, thoughts, behavior, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. His influence is particularly evident in his students effort to understand the nature of culture, benedict wrote patterns of culture (1934) Cultures are more than the sum of their parts- they are integrated according to the central ideals. They are configurations based on fundamental values of existence that differ between cultures. Cultures have a distinctive essence because key value are encoded in distinctive worldviews and expressed in specific cultural practices, resulting in a cultural configuration or pattern. These values are learned by individuals as members of particular cultures/societies.