CAS AN 260- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 30 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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An anthropological perspective: empirical approach; participant observation based, emphasizes relativism; avoiding ethnocentrism, attention to local terms and categories rather than imposing our own. Indonesia: might just be a transvestite; others are transgender individuals: heteronormative: a society or group for which heterosexual (male-female) relations and desires are considered normative (the norm) and become accepted as the natural order, Don"t be a sissy. : other gender norms are learned through osmosis , example: how you move, walk, sit is often gendered. Consensual ideals for men: the bushido code (samurai, the code of chivalry (european, the code for buddhist monks, mafia code of honor. Consensual ideals for women: girl code (e. g. can"t date your female friend"s ex-boyfriend, learning how to cook, helping other women when they are seen to be in distress. Mawe tribe (amazon: circumcision, xhosa people (south africa, frat hazings, usa, military boot camp, usa.
