ANTB20H3 Chapter : xavier reading week 1.docx
Document Summary
Week 1 xavier inda and rosaldo tracking global flows. Five snapshots: snapshot 1- guatemala-several mayan youth who are unmarried daughters work as apparel assemblers. Earn about a day for 14 hrs of work : snapshot 2: germany refusal of turkish muslims to integrate into german society. They believe that a parallel society has developed in the heart of german cities where honor killings are rampant and patriarchy/womens oppression happens. Some people trying to save" these women: 3-russia-mcdonalds emerging and changing landscape. Anti american sentiments and demonstrators use mcdonalds as staging areas: 4- nigeria indian films have become integral part of media scene. Indian jewellery and fashion have influenced local fashions. Bollywood has infiltrated theri popular culture: 5- hong kong-lots of discussion on female inheritance. Women under customary/colonial law were unable to inherit land. Territories turn into places where cultures converge, clash and struggle with each other; commodities drift briskly from one locality to another; ideologies circulate rapidly.
