ANTH 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Michel Foucault, Margaret Mead
Document Summary
Social and cultural constructions of sexual or erotic expressions. Practices or ways of expressing sexuality are learned. Cultures tend to mold sexual urges and desires toward collective norms. Cultural variations in sexuality: cultural relativity, ways in which differences and similarities related to gender and sexuality are understood, organized, and practiced in cultural groups, group norms can be accepted, contested, and negotiated. History of sexuality: michel foucault (1976/1978, changes that occurred from 1699"s through 1900"s in europe, particularly france, repressive hypothesis vs discourses that produce and shape desires. Coming of age in samoa: book by margaret mead, 1928. Coming of age in new jersey: michael moffatt, 1989. Gender and sexuality in us high schools. Celibacy cross cultural comparison: hector qirko, murdoch and white"s standard cross cultural sample (1969) 18% celibacy in institutional contexts: 32 societies with 41 different contexts, three patterns. Individual: pre-european palau (melanesia, korongs= direct contact with gods.
