ANTH 1001 : Final Study Guide
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Give 3 characteristics of it. : ethnology, ethnography, holism/holistic approach, cultural relativism, cultural diffusion, cultural integration, participant observation, symbol vs. sign, displacement, (french) structuralism, cultural pattern vs. Eskimo lineal, nuclear families, mobile, bilateral kindred, neolocal residence: age grade found in many african societies, names given and change as group moves up through the grades, ex. Age set group of people that move together through he grades, ex. Caste rank social groups based on religion or occupation, ex. Japanese eta: varna colors nation wide classes of occupation. Jati (local castes) localized occupational groupings, several in a single varna. Panchayat a local council of elected members for each jati in each village: leopard skin chief office held by the nuer people of sudan. Because they have an: segmental opposition only obligation is to defend one"s kinship group against all enemies, overall effect as an integrating mechanism, ex. Nuer divide in conflict: laws patterns for behavior thought to be good and appropriate.
