ANT102H5 Chapter Notes -Cockfight, Franz Boas, Menopause
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Question 1. 4: how can the meanings that others find in experience be interpreted and. Cultural text a way of think about culture as a text of significant symbols words, gestures, drawings, natural objects that carries meaning. One way to think about culture is as a text of significant symbols: words, gestures, drawing, natural objects, anything that carries meaning. In order to understand another culture, we must be able to decipher the meanings of the symbols that comprise a cultural text. Interpret meanings embedded in language, objects, gestures, and activities shared by members of a society. The word sabung, the balinese word for cock has numerous other meaning and is used metaphorically to mean hero, warrior, champion, , bachelor, lady-killer, or tough guy: disputes are compared with cockfights. Handlers attach sharp spurs to the cock"s legs that are adjusted in a slightly disadvantageous position.
