SOCC29H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: South Asia, Personal Boundaries, Patrilocal Residence
Document Summary
Orientalism: form of eurocentric bias result of european colonialism used to justify european dominance over subjects. Myths and stereotypes about gender and women: women = oppressed. Junior men can be subordinated in a patriarchal family not just women. Women subordination changes according to area, race, age, status, class - some circumstances can triumph a woman"s life changes. Claim they had always a patriarchal society it is changing and transforming over time because of social and political macro forces. Photograph on slide: men/women and boy and girl. Ideal families depicted across the region and how families should be behave. West sets the trend in which the middle east follows: Slide: between 1950 -> 2005 there is a variation of fertility rate (yemen, morocco) this shows the it is unique. Affine: relative through marriage -> brother, aunt, no blood link ex) me and wifes family lol. Endogamy (gamy means marriage) marriage within the group.
