ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Trobriand Islands, Unit
6 Mar 2015
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Unit 6 economic system: the production, distribution and consumption of goods. Ex: the trobriand islanders assign a high meaning to yams not to themselves, but to give to other people (daughters or sisters for their husbands) Yam exchanges are as much social and political transactions as they are economic ones; they establish long-term relationships: when looking at the world economic systems, unlike the past, contemporary small-scale cultures don"t operate in isolation. This isn"t always the case; on farms, women will work alongside the men. In the 19th century, women served as soldiers for an african king researchers have found 3 main reasons as to why there"s a sexual divide between labours that have to do with the context of specific cultures. Often seen among foragers and substance farmers where the work is almost equally divided. There"s not a fine distinction between boys" work and girls"; they"re brought up the same rigid segregation by sex.
