ANTH 2051 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mama Lola, Cross-Dressing, Ethnography
Document Summary
Anth 2051 sutherland final study guide, fall 2012. Space is not a given, it has to be shaped by thoughts and practices. Three sections are recent challenges to traditional norms, embodied spatial practices, post-colonial developments. The field and home split is short and less pervasive. Associated with karen brown in mama lola (1991). Viewing and approaching ethnography through and increasingly global world environment. Associated with david edward in afganistan, ethnography, and the. Adopting costume & custom to study culture going native as method of study. Palgi (palanquin): chair that diety sits on while he travels. Ghori: a god"s territory, gods have siblings living in neighboring ghoris. Members of local militia because of fighting between villages. On a cosmic level gods and demons battle for the upcoming year. The monarch invites all gods every year for a royal assembly here. Fire sacrifices are offered to demons so that they will not bring misfortune the upcoming year.
