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Cards in this set: Term Kinship Definition complex system of culturally defined social relationships based on marriage Term Infralegal disputes Definition a dispute that occurs outside the legal system without involving regular violence Term Psychologized individualism Definition stressing the cultivation of emotions as the key to undercovering one’s identity Term Culture Definition the learned, acquired, and shared knowledge that people use to generate behavior and interpret experience. Term Shaman Definition Spiritual leader who is believed to be able to contact the spirit-world. Term Transnationalism Definition The production of a product in which certain stages of production occur in different countries. Term Vitsa Definition Name groups of extended families with common descent; Kin groups. Term Applied Anthropology Definition the application of method and theory in anthropology to the analysis and solution of practical problems. Term Cultural Capital Definition he knowledge, experience and or connections one has had through the course of their life that enables them to succeed more so than someone from a less experienced background. Term Hypo-descent Definition the practice of determining the classification of a child of mixed-race ancestry by assigning the child the race of his or her more socially subordinate parent. Term Mana Definition The stuff of which magic is formed, thought to be a precursor to formalized religion. Term Habitus Definition a set of acquired patterns of thought, behavior, and taste. Term Individuo and Socio-centric societies Definition Term Purdah Definition the practice of preventing women from being seen by men by both sexual segregation and requiring a woman to be covered by clothing. Term Taboo Definition A strong social prohibition (or ban) relating to any area of human activity or social custom that is sacred and forbidden. Term Azande Definition Tribe in Northern Central Africa who use witchcraft as a means of explanation for unfortunate events. Term Kayapo Definition Tribe that lives in the Brazilian rainforest that is struggling with identity and independence. Term Identity Definition An individual's comprehension of him or herself as a discrete, separate entity. Term Race Definition Term Witchcraft Definition The cultural knowledge of the supernatural that people use to cope with the ultimate problems of human existence. Term Rank Societies Definition a society having no socially structured unequal access to economic resources, but having socially structured unequal access to status positions and prestige. Term Revitilization Movements Definition A "deliberate, organized, conscious effort by members of a group to create a new culture. Published by Anthony F. C. Wallace Term Acculturation Definition the exchange of cultural features that results when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first hand contact; the original cultural patterns of either or both groups may be altered, but the groups remain distinct. Term Rite of Passage Definition Rituals that mark a person’s transition from one social status, or stage, to another. 1. Separation 2. Liminal- in between categories (i.e. engagement) 3. Re-Integration Term "The Second Shift" Definition Arlie Hochschild's book that showed that in dual-career households, after women began to enter the workforce, women still performed the majority of the child-rearing duties. Term Roles Definition A set of connected behaviors, rights and obligations as conceptualized by actors in a social situation. Term "Saving face” in Queenston, Kelley and Parkside Definition Term Jill Dubisch’s argument about why the “Run for the Wall” is a ritual Definition The "Run for the Wall" is a: Pilgrimage (ritually structure travel physically removing people from their every day lives) Involves three steps of Rite of Passage (Seperation, Liminal, Reincorporation) Term The processes of localization and globalization Definition Term Arguments about magic and Americans in the U.S. in the essays by Horace Miner and George Gmelch Definition Term The relationship between habitus and cultural capital Definition Term Respect and the formal and informal economies in Philippe Bourgois’ essay on Puerto Rican men in New York City Definition Term Similarities and differences in caste and class societies Definition Term Barth’s conceptualization of the role of the “boundary” in group identity Definition Term Kusserow’s metaphors for the child’s self Definition Term Witchcraft Among the Azande” Definition Azande use witchcraft to explain every phenomena, it explains the relationship between men and unfortunate events Term The caste system in India Definition Term Cohen’s elaboration of the role of symbols in communities Definition Term What the law reveals about American cultural values and beliefs as seen in Anne Sutherland’s essay on gypsies in the U.S. Definition Term Socio-centric values in Queenston, Kelley and Parkside Definition Term Similarities and differences in religion, science and witchcraft as systems of knowledge Definition All three can use definition: The cultural knowledge of the supernatural that people use to cope with the ultimate problems of human existence.