ANTH 209 Chapter Notes - Chapter mixed: Nacirema, Ethnocentrism, Avocation
23 Oct 2016
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Boulanger pages 3-11 (cid:862)the land and its people(cid:863) chapter 1. 4: (cid:862)withi(cid:374) a(cid:374)thropolog(cid:455), the ter(cid:373) (cid:862)(cid:272)ulture(cid:863) (cid:449)as i(cid:374)te(cid:374)ded to e(cid:374)(cid:272)apsulate ho(cid:449) hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s (cid:374)ot o(cid:374)l(cid:455) construct their realities but come to believe in them wholeheartedly, despite their contradictions and slipshod logics. But once the concept of culture was coaxed out of the a(cid:374)thropologi(cid:272)al do(cid:373)ai(cid:374), it (cid:449)as redu(cid:272)ed to so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g like (cid:858)(cid:272)usto(cid:373). (cid:859)(cid:863) (cid:862)a(cid:374)thropologists (cid:373)ust re(cid:272)lai(cid:373) a(cid:374)d rei(cid:374)(cid:448)igorate the (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of (cid:272)ulture. (cid:863) Good diversity: (cid:862)disti(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s that (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e teased out of a (cid:272)ultural s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) a(cid:374)d shared i(cid:374) that superficial-yet-(cid:373)a(cid:374)dator(cid:455) (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:374)er(cid:863) of frie(cid:374)dl(cid:455); eth(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:272)uisi(cid:374)e; ite(cid:373)s of dress; foreign catchphrases. Bad diversity: (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pro(cid:373)ises a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ge to a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:272)tio(cid:374) regardi(cid:374)g the rightness of capitalism, democracy, and/or the university of god, and whole languages where su(cid:271)(cid:448)ersio(cid:374) (cid:373)ight (cid:271)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ealed. (cid:863) Nacirema: american spelled backwards; established to create sense of self distancing to look at culture more objectively. 5: anthropology is an avocation (hobby or minor occupation): some semblance of alienation.
