ANTH 2170 Chapter Notes -Cross-Dressing, Ethnology, Gender Binary
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Arm-chair anthropology- a person who has book knowledge but has never had practical experience. Transsexual: a medical condition where someone is born with a body that doesn"t fit their gender, ie a female born into a male body. Transgender: an umbrella term for anyone who doesn"t fit into the male-female gender binary. Drag queen: a man who dresses as a woman for entertainment purposes. social construction - reality that is constructed uniquely by each person. anthropology - the study of humanity; divisions are physical anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, and anthropological linguistics. Globalization worldwide interconnectedness, evidenced in global movements of natural resources, trade goods, human labor, finance capital, information, and infectious diseases. Anthropomorphism- the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. *many societies embrace what is considered to be a 3rd gender. This is something different from homosexuality and heterosexuality.
