Anthropology 3332F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Catrine, Edward Burnett Tylor, List Of Bus Routes In Staten Island
21 Sep 2017
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Anthropology 3332 | september 20, 2017: for many, biological birth is important in understanding who is a person, sometimes social birth is the more important occasion than biological birth. Social birth may be the occasion for some symbolically important event such as naming, hair- cutting, depilation [removing hair completely], ear piercing, removing incisor teeth, or circumcision. The importance of naming a child as a marker of personhood. : see rival, for example, on when a huaorani infant is definitely born (rival 1998:625, when the grandparent of the child gives it a personal name. Recall: morgan"s description of the postpartum practices of ecuadorian mothers (342-3: the social womb (343) . Can social birth come before biological birth : consider ultrasound, a diagnostic tool commonly used on pregnant women, gender-reveal parties, finding out the sex, painting the room, purchasing clothes and toys.
