ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Creator Deity, Trobriand Islands, Rastafari
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Reinforce values & norms of a community; strengthen group identity (ex: heiling hitler, pledge of allegiance, gauchos doing the wave on game day) Designed to influence outcomes or control fate. Followed contact w/colonial societies & intensified during wwii. Isla(cid:374)ders" o(cid:271)ser(cid:448)ed that (cid:272)argo (cid:894)goods(cid:895) (cid:449)as sour(cid:272)e of po(cid:449)er of. Rituals based on imitation of white man will bring cargo & material wealth; military marching & uniforms; made airplanes & runways to coax the cargo; (cid:862)joh(cid:374) fru(cid:373)(cid:863) Baseball rituals- attempts to influence outcome, control fate. Culture of baseball & sports in general, with some differences. Most rituals grow out of exceptionally good performances; when a player does well he seldom attributes his success to skill alone. He knows that skills were essentially same the night before. Behavior is rewarded, repeat behavior & hope for same reward. Physi(cid:272)al effe(cid:272)ts: pa(cid:448)lo(cid:448)"s dogs (cid:862)base(cid:271)all magi(cid:272)(cid:863)- gmelch. Trobriand islanders for fishing; diff rituals for inner & outer lagoon. Baseball players- diff for pitching, hitting & fielding.
