ANTHROP 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tostan, Cultural Relativism
3 Feb 2018
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Anthropology 1aa3 day 4: earliest interpretations, sexualized figures or fertility figures, but not all show exaggerated breasts and buttocks (cid:523)most don"t show any(cid:524, greater diversity of shapes, sizes than was previously reported in archaeological record. Gender as performance: all cultures have rituals of gender, ritual: symbolic, repetitive behavior, fraternities and sororities often employ rituals which reinforce a hegemonic masculinity/hegemonic femininity. Third gender: gender roles that are distinct from dichotomous feminine or masculine roles. Two spirited people (berdache: they specialized in productive activities associated with opposite gender, males did crafts and domestic work, females participated in hunting, warfare, leadership roles. Sworn virgins of albania: biological females who live as men. Travestis (don kulich studied them: transgendered prostitutes in brazil, do not identify themselves as women; (cid:498)enhanced men(cid:499)
