ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Social Stratification, Endogamy, Racialization
19 Apr 2017
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Caste a ranked group w/i a socially stratified society that is closed, prohibiting individuals from moving from one caste into another. Class a ranked group w/i a hierarchically stratified society whose membership is defined primarily in terms of wealth, occupation, and/or access to power. Client the party of lower status in a clientage. Clientage institution linking individuals from upper and lower levels in a stratified society. Colourism a system of social identities negotiated, based on situation, along a continuum of skin colors between white and black. Ethnic groups social groups that are distinguished from one another on the basis of ethnicity. Ethnicity a social classification based on common cultural heritage and selected cultural features such as language, religion, or dress. Ethnicity emerges from historical processes that incorporate distinct social groups into a single political structure under conditions of inequality. Nation group of people believed to share the same history, culture, language, and even physical substance.
