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Cultural Anth

basic anthro of the first few chapters of Marvin Harris textbook

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What is the difference between Etic and Emic? Etic is the view of the outsider where assumptions are often made while emic is the view of the insider and is within the culture.
What are the major categories of the universal pattern? Infrastructure Structure Superstructure
What makes an infrastructure? Food, how to live, shelter
What makes a structure Interrelationships (family, marriage, gender,) Social
What makes a superstructure? Mental (emotion, religion, language, the arts)
Definition of Ethnocentrism: assumption that one ethnic group is better, their way is the only way. Contributes to hostility towards other ethnic groups.
Definition of Cultural Relativism: trying to understand parts of cultures within its own conduct.
Explain the Hunter/Gather way of life: wanders when food scarce, group size is small (50-75), children aged further apart, marriage ties family together, relatives on both sides are equal, children observe parents for hunter/gatherer skills, no formal leader - survival based on everyone ETC.
Explain Horticulturalist way of life: Keep gardens/farms, gradual movement, more food= more fertile woman= more kids, only men own garden, polygamy often for men, ancestor worship, ETC
Explain Subsistence Farmers way of life: family farm, try to grow own food, some peasants, families intimate, more kids= pop. rises ETC
Explain State way of life: rely on subsistence farmers, complex (classes of people-rich, middle class), triggered by grain crop (stored for long period of time), chief can have police/guards
Examples of early states are? Greece, Rome, Egypt, Inka, Maya, Aztec
What is General Reciprocity? no record, informal, expect something back but no time limit
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