GASA01H3 Lecture Notes - Shinto, Cultural Anthropology, Participant Observation
5 Dec 2013
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Reading: children"s food and islamic dietary restrictions in x"ian (m. b. Different methodology relies on cultural anthropologist. Hinduism ~ different sects can be entirely vegetarian, fast days. Jainism ~ vegetarianism, abstain from eating anything that has lived, may even include plants that grow from the ground. Judaism ~ kosher, during religious holidays abstain from. Shintoism & buddhism ~ meat taboo in japan article. Christianity ~ medieval christians did not eat meat on fridays, instead ate fish. Dietary restrictions and interpretations of belief evolve. Changes in how individuals define their beliefs. Interpretation vs. written in scripture: lives among the group of people and studies them. Participant observation ~ gillette speaks to normal, ordinary people about their every day transactions. Hui nationality by virtue of religion/specific cultural identity see themselves as distinct from other chinese (han) 1 child policy: child treated as little emperors , family revolves around these children.
