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chapters 17-24
definitions, kottak Anthropology 14th edition
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tribe
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food producing society with rudimentary political structure
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pantribal sodality
Definition
nonkin-based group with regional political significance
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differential access
Definition
favored access ti resources by subordinates and superordinates
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fiscal
Definition
pertaining to finances and taxation
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social control
Definition
maintaining social control and regulating conflict
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hegemony
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subordinates accept hierarchy as "natural"
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public transcript
Definition
open, public communication between dominators and oppressed
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hidden transcript
Definition
hidden resistance to dominance by the oppressed
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sexual dimorphism
Definition
marked differences in male and female biology, excluding phenotype
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gender stratification
Definition
unequal distribution of resources between women and men
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domestic-public dichnotomy
Definition
work at home vs. more valued work outside the home
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matrilinial
Definition
descent traced through women only
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patrilinial
Definition
descent traced through men only
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extradomestic
Definition
outside the home, public
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descent group
Definition
group based on belief in shared ancestry
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family of orientation
Definition
nuclear family in which one is born into and grows up with
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neolocality
Definition
couple establishes a new residence
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extended family household
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household with 3 or more generations living in one generation
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ego
Definition
position from which one views a egocentric geneology
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lineal relative
Definition
ego's direct ancestors and relatives
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collateral relative
Definition
relatives outside egos direct line(B,Z,FB,MZ)
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affinals
Definition
relatives by marriage
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genitor
Definition
a childs biological father
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pater
Definition
socially recognized father
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mater
Definition
socially recognized mother
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exogamy
Definition
marriage outside a given group
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parallel cousins
Definition
children of 2 brothers or 2 sisters
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cross cousins
Definition
children of a brother or sister
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endogamy
Definition
marriage of people from the same group
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bridewealth
Definition
marital gift from husbands group's to wife
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progeny price
Definition
marital gift by husbands group to wifes group; legitimizes thier children
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dowry
Definition
substantial gifts to husbands family from wife's group
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sororate
Definition
widower marries sister of dead wife
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levirate
Definition
widower marries brother of dead husband
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communitas
Definition
intense feeling of social solidarity
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animism
Definition
belief in souls or doubles
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liminality
Definition
the inbetween phase of a rite of passage
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olympian religions
Definition
states with proffessional priesthoods
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syncretisms
Definition
cultural mixes, emerging from acculturation
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cargo carts
Definition
postcolonial, religious movements in melanesia
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catharsis
Definition
intense emotional release
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world-system theory
Definition
idea that a discernable social system, based on wealth and power, transcends individual countries
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bourgeoisie
Definition
owners of teh means of production
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intervention philosophy
Definition
ideological justification for outsiders to guide or rule native people
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neoliberalism
Definition
free market society. no gov't rule on private enterprise
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communism
Definition
property owned by the community. people working for the common good
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Communism
Definition
political movement aimed at replacing capitalism with soviet-style communism
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