ANT 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Conspicuous Consumption, Social Stratification, Patrilocal Residence
6 Dec 2016
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Ant 1101 b1 non-kin based social groups: age, gender, common-interests /(cid:1213) , common background/common experiences / , race/ethnicity. Provide structure for other activities (cid:1288) (ex: work; social; sports) Contribute to sense of identity: how people define themselves vis a vis own and other groups. Kin group fundamental, but non-kin bases of identity also important , . Often basis or indicators of social differentiation : race and ethnicity (cid:1034) , race: group assumed to have a biological basis, based only on phenotypic (observable) differences : , ((cid:2688) ) , problems of race as analytical category . Not all phenotypic differences have a genetic basis (cid:1033) . Shared genetic material variable and not all observable (cid:1354) (cid:1033) . Drawing boundaries", ex: skin color and adaption (cid:532) (cid:533), : . Distinctive roles, patterns of activities, attitudes, obligations, restrictions , (cid:1288) (cid:1287), . Status by age varies by society; ex: status of elders (cid:1033) , : .
