ANTA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Hamatsa, Niklas Luhmann, Yorkshire Carnegie
21 Oct 2013
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Totemism: the use of a symbol, generally an animal or a plant, as a physical representation for a group, generally a clan. Ritual: a dramatic rendering or social portrayal of meanings shared by a specific body of people in a way that makes them seem correct and proper. Symbolic actions: the activities including ritual, myth, art, dance, and music that dramatically depict the meanings shared by a specific body of people. Metaphor: a figure of speech in which linguistic expressions are taken from one area of experience and applied to another. Domain of experience: an area of human experience from which people borrow meaning to apply to other areas. World view: an encompassing picture of reality based on shared cultural assumptions about how the world works. Key metaphors: a term to identify metaphors that dominate the meanings that people in a specific culture attribute to their experience. Myth: a story of narrative that portrays the meanings people give their experience.
