ANTB20H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Informal Sector, Alliance Theory, Sex Tourism
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Explain what you mean by these specific terms (labor, etc) Why is the informal economy an important concept to look at in globalization. 1st paragraph- want to look these examples from steven gregory and bear, and the informal economy of traders and sex workers. Define gender, not just women or womens work but forms/ideas of what it means to be a man or omen. Look at comparing the role of gender or even women in call centers vs sex tourism. Can look at orientalism, informal economy (work/labor), love and marriage. Idea is linked to other themes in anthropology, The themes linked to anthropology exchange, personhood (individual vs social being as a collective, how these ideas come together idea of the person) More possibilities to connect to other people. Leading to marriage or sex excludes family. No word for love, diff cultures have diff meanings of love-
