Anthropology 1025F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Forensic Anthropology, Trobriand Islands, Purdah
24 Apr 2014
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Discuss how rituals, taboos, and fetishes are used to manage the anxiety generated by unpredictable events that challenge human control. Include a discussion of articles from unit 8 in conformity and conflict. Magic --> human attempts to change cause and effect irrationally. Lifecycle rituals --> change in status from one stage to another. Rites of passage (1. how does this help?) Remove further from everyday life --> more transformative. Apache girls rite of passage run and circle baskets of pollen and other dance around ceremonial fire, --> live as woman of tribe (1) Kayan tribewomen - body mod. , brass collar weighs down shoulders, exposed female neck is oddity, happens during child birth, dr"s checkups, after committing adultery. Tribesmen -becoming man, (before treated and referred to as wives), cut all over body, takes weeks, humiliation to remind them of their place (1) Benin -voodoo from animism, communicate with god via spirits. Girl becomes medium bc she can"t learn in school.
