ANT 2121 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tristes Tropiques, Trobriand Islands, Margaret Mead
5 Oct 2016
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Studied under boas, was a prominent first member of culture and personality/psychological anthropology. Wrote patterns of culture (1934), chrysanthemum and the sword (1948) Did some fieldwork (serrano, zuni: late supervised many field trips by boas" students. Studied japanese culture of beauty and honour in death/suicide. Learned through internment camp research, analysis of literary discourse/content (japanese media and works) Made recommendations on how to deal with japan after ww2 (dealing with reciprocal authority, working through the emperor) Importance of shame (avoiding disrespect of the emperor and other members of the japanese authority) Cultural configurations (designed by working mostly with other people"s data): zuni apollonian (music/arts/the sun, plains dionysian, dobuans paranoid, kwakiutl dionysian/megalomaniac (excess, wine and partying) Cultures themselves have personalities which are then transmitted to its individuals. Important description of the zuni matrilineal moiety lifestyle, where the larger group is split into smaller group with an interdependent structure: living in apartment style dwellings, corn growers in pueblo, new mexico.
