ANTH 3240- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 18 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 3240
• Professor: Lynda Mannik

Document Summary

Kathoey: is a thai term that refers to either a transgender woman or an effeminate gay male in thailand also known as ladyboys (westernized slang term). A significant number of thais perceive kathoeys as belonging to a third gender, including many kathoeys themselves, while others see them as either a kind of man or a kind of woman. Ma(cid:374)(cid:455) i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)ed i(cid:374) se(cid:454) (cid:449)ork, (cid:858)e(cid:454)oti(cid:272)s(cid:859), se(cid:454) touris(cid:373) in thai culture how one acts is more important than how one feels, so being your true self is not valued in the same way as its valued in na culture. Book (cid:271)(cid:455) de(cid:374)ise bre(cid:374)(cid:374)a (cid:862) what(cid:859)s lo(cid:448)e got to do (cid:449)ith it: tra(cid:374)s(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al desires a(cid:374)d e(cid:454) touris(cid:373) i(cid:374) the do(cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) epu(cid:271)li(cid:272)(cid:863) Scapes: imagined landscapes = building blocks for what actually happens: ethnoscape: moving groups and people who constitute the shifting world in which we live (immigrants, tourists, etc)