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| Neither a man or a woman, its considered its own gender. Also known as usually a man who dresses as a woman and go around to peoples houses. |
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| a society that has a limited number of high ranking social positions that grant authority, groups are ranked relative to one another, with the highest rank bringing the highest rewards in prestige, power and sometimes wealth. |
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| a society with marked and largely or partly heritable differences in access to wealth, power, prestige, and inequality. It is based mainly on unequal access to productive and valued resources. |
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| stories that recount the deeds of supernatural powers and cultural heroes in the past. |
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| Aka (the African tribe) “Medicine Man” part-time religious specialist who uses his special relationship to supernatural powers for curing members of his group and harming members of other groups. |
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| A form of communal cult in which all members of a kin group have mystical relationships w/ one or more natural objects. |
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| The scaring of a member of a group as a ritual passing (a passage into manhood, the rings around the men’s head) |
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| The cultural changes that occur whenever members of 2 cultural traditions come into contact. |
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| (in some American Indian tribes) a man who adopts the dress and social roles traditionally assigned to women. |
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| Organized, stereotype, symbolic behaviors intended to influence supernatural powers. |
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| Kind of religious specialist who is full-time and receives a salary and officiated at rituals. They go through training to learn to become a priest opposed to shamans. |
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| A religious movement explicitly intended to create a new way of life for a society or group. |
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| changes in rules, rights and obligations determined by biological events and how cultures signify. |
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| “Cultural control” may be thought of as control through beliefs and values deeply internalized in the minds of individuals. (EX: the thought of going to hell, when we sin WE ONLY know that we sin – to internally we are aware.) |
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| controlling a society by external affairs like the cultural norms. |
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| Functional Theory of Inequality |
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| theory holding that stratification is a way to reward individuals who contribute most to society’s well-being. |
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| Conflict Theory of Inequality |
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| Theory holding that stratification benefits mainly the upper stratum and is the cause of most social unrest and other conflicts in human societies. |
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| The attempt to enlist the aid of supernatural powers by intentionally seeking a dream or vision. Amerindians game during hunting. |
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| A right held to mark the transition, usually to sexual maturity, of an individual or a group of individuals of the same sex. |
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| like westernization, more technology and the advancement of society. |
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| The performance of rites/spells for the purpose of causing harm to others by supernatural means. |
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| the use of psychic powers to harm others by supernatural means. |
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| A type of communal cult centered around rituals performed to worship or please a kin group’s ancestors. |
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| Melanesian revitalization movements in which prophets claim to know secret rituals that will bring wealth cargo. |
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| the creation of a new cultural trait by combining 2 or more existing traits. |
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| a public ceremony or ritual recognizing and making a transition from one group or status to another. |
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| the study of a society’s music in terms of its cultural setting |
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| the art or practices of a witch; sorcery; magic. |
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| the transmission of elements or features of one culture to another. |
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