Anthropology 3332F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Only Hope, Demographic Transition, Autarky
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Tuesday, october 31, 2017 anthro 3332 notes on only hope. He started off by asking if singletons are spoiled. One said they have pressure to go to college and make enough money to support parents. Many compared to their parents socioeconomic positions growing up and said they are spoiled. Most children born after 1979 are singletons. A clash with their parents intense pressure on them. In 1970 used to be 5. 3 births per woman. The chinese government has used low fertility rates to accelerate modernization. Brought themselves up from 3rd world country to 1st. Rather than wait for low fertility rates to happen they made it happen. No previous researchers looked into the coming of age of singletons. I adhere to a concept of identity as uid, shifting, subjective, and fragmented, and expounded on anthropological theories of ethnicity and nationalism . English seen as path to success and vital in china. He got into form of generalized reciprocity.