ANT 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Morton Fried, Melanesians
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Inequality: degree to which individuals, groups, and categories differ in their access to rewards. Wealth: ownership of / access to valued material goods and natural resources. Power: ability to make others do what you want. Prestige: respect, admiration, and overt approval of other group members. Rough equality across families in access to possessions and wealth objects. Wide access to and sharing of productive resources. Influence and prestige based on age, personal qualities, achievements. Limited number of formal social roles or positions that grant authority. Access to prestigious titles and offices determined by hereditary / kinship ties. Rights to resources allocated by those of higher rank. Large unequal distribution of material resources and wealth. Inequalities to access in power and social rewards. Named, ranked groups with membership based on birth. Occupation and activities constrained by group membership. Interaction between members of different groups governed by social rules (segregation) Membership based on birth and achievement + determined by occupation and wealth level.
