ANTH 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Enculturation, Cultural Reproduction, Cultural Anthropology
24 Oct 2017
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Anth 1101 - learning culture emic and etic. All culture is learned (transmitted socially) rather than biologically inherited (like instinctive behaviors. ) People learn their culture by growing up in it. Enculturation is the process whereby culture is transmitted from one generation to the next. Out enculturation includes teaching us the norms cultural rules for behavior appropriate to out own (and others") identities (such as man or woman, child, or adult, lower or upper class, ) Cultural reproduction: creating the next generation, in terms of culture. Allo-mothers: those who take care of babies when mother is not around (nannies, grandparents, etc. ) Co-sleeping may be better for babies: u. s. does not participate in co-sleeping" as u. s. values independence. Some of the cultural rules we learn as children and young adults are explicit: keep your hands to yourself , look both ways before you cross the street .
