ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Susan Bordo, Franz Boas, Margaret Mead
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Week 10 (nov. 30) anthropology and the body. Martin, emily, the egg and the sperm: how science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles. Gaar - put scar on face (beauty) Normally a nuer man leaves his cattle to his sons when he dies. If a nuer man has only daughters. He will choose a daughter to become a substitute son. This daughter will become known as a female husband . A female husband is usually an older woman (40 or older) She will be given cattle to own. She will also be expected to marry a women (just as a son would do) The wife of the female husband will be encourage to take a lover & become pregnant - have as many children as possible! One other reason for making a woman in nuer society into a female husband. An elderly widow has no children to care for her.
