Basic Terms
What is anthropology?
The comparative study of human societies and cultures.
What is fieldwork?
Involves studying people and customs within the place they live.
What is ethnocentrism?
The belief that your culture is superior to all others.
What is the system in which a large, poor population is at the bottom and a small group of leaders is at the top?
Stratification.
Who is credited as the Father of Structuralism
Claude Levi-Strauss
What are the four fields of anthropology?
What is functionalism?
Everything in society serves a function for society.
What is the caste system?
A social system in which people are divided into tiers. Often leads to brutal repression of those at the bottom.
Who was Edward Tylor?
A 19th century anthropologist who revolutionized the field. Evolutional anthropologist.
What is the "+1" field in anthropology?
Applied Anthropology.
What are some sources of gender inequality?
Patriarchal Traditions, Monetary Repression, Inheritance Inequality, Job Exclusion, and Division of Labor.
What is structuralism?
The idea that human thought in all societies is fundamentally the same.
Who was Ota Benga?
An african who was kidnapped and put in the Bronx Zoo in the 20th century.
How do certain societies handle wealth inequality?
The idea of the Big Man (Malaysia), Potlatch (Pacific Northwest), and others where the wealthiest and most powerful people in society give away their wealth to the society.
What is reflexivity?
What is a neolocal society?
One where children get married and begin their own household instead of moving in with family.
Who was Franz Boas?
A 20th century anthropologist who emphasized fieldwork and cultural relativism.