ANT100Y1 Final: Lecture 1-6 Final Exam Review Study Guide Apr 8 2009

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Marcel Danesi

Document Summary

Learned language, lived with natives, participate observation, field work- committed himself to culture for 2 yrs. Lecture 2: the power of culture and the culture of power. Starts from birth (taught directly)-> absorbed-> emulation (copying)-> testing cultural meaning (correcting ourselves if necessary: magical stories, complex, symbolic tales, tell moral stories, contemporary myths: displayed in movies. S myths teach us about our place in nature, supernatural forces, and give us clues as to where we fit in the grand scheme. Structuralist (claude levi-strauss, symbolic analysis, universal human problems) Analyze the symbols found in the myth (main characters, events, themes, types) S myths become subtly adjusted to reflect present reality. S give us a way to talk about difficult human problems. S moral tale about how to live in human life. Reinforces power, authority and hierarchy, organized military (power= good/bad) Allow some ppl to be in power as long as we choose the noble/just.