SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Andamanese People, Childbirth, Arnold Van Gennep
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Due in class and online april 2nd. Example: physical, emotional, cultural, linguistic, practical, ethical: make/have 5 points from the textbook, use 3 of them tops. Anthropological perspectives: the importance of religion in cultural and social contexts. What are rites of passage: mark a person"s passage from one identity to another, consists of stages of separation, transition, and incorporation. Found that there were common structure between cultures. Liminal entities are neither here nor there; they are betwixt and between the positions assigned and arrayed by law, custom, convention, and ceremonial . How do people use rituals to construct gender identities: male circumcision/initiation rites. Common in a number of tribal societies. Not as common as man initiation rites. Mark tradition from young girl to woman. Examined the characteristics of spirit possession = female subculture: men: associated with the dominant religion in a given society, women: associated with peripheral cults with no moral significance.
