SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Fall 2018 Lecture 5 - Transactionalism, Animal husbandry, Gujari language
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Dichotomisation processes & actions which lead to group formation/incorporation. How group is formed/establish: through stereotyping/overcommunication/boundaries. Complementarisation process & actions which place groups into structured relationships w/ each other. Can"t have structure if they don"t exist. Stigma reference to differences which sees it as violating a normative pattern. Norms expectations and behaviour of society. Stigma attach to specific behaviours, not group per se. Stereotypes apply to group, stigmas apply to action/characteristics. Stigmas are pressure from dominant to behave in particular way. > accents tease/ignorant if accent is different or stands out seen as unsophisticated. > non-standard names antagonized b/c of name. Stigmas act to encourage assimilation towards behaviour of dominant e. g. negative stigmas italian/ukrainian last names. Under communication deliberate choice to downplay one"s identity b/c it"s stigmatised. Pick up/use if you want to e. g. someone of scottish descent in canada. Bed, blood & cult to arrive at an answer. Blood = shared ancestry based upon some visible/behavioural marker.
