ANTHRO 2B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Codependency, Consumer Capitalism, Alarmism
22 Feb 2018
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Fertility decline as constructed discursively: core points. Demographers construct the below-replacement birthrate as a problem using scientific authority: recurrent theme- experts constructing what is normal - naturalizing certain positions, demographers aren"t neutral- they are taking a political position on the management of the population. Framing of women as irrational: weird reversal of usual discourse that frames prolific reproducers as backwards, blaming women"s choice (not considering the context of social/economic factors) Alarmism related to immigrants (links in with concept of fortress. Positioning: what is the main point of this article? (sum it up in 2-3 sentences. ) // to krause that this practice linked to perceptions of class- getting the basic package is a little embarrassing- got to show you are well off with a big photo album (average spent) calls this. How this industry is produced through the positioning of different actors (men, women, and photographers) inside and outside the studio.
