ANT 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Polytheism, Monarchy Of The United Kingdom, Caste System In India

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT 1101
• Professor: Deborah Sick

Document Summary

Ant 1101 lecture b2 religion group: traditional hindu caste system , caste: social class in which membership is determined by birth and fixed for life : (cid:1768) (cid:1556) : four ranked orders (varnas ): multiple castes within each. Traditionally linked to occupations; relationships rule-governed (cid:1031) (cid:1034) Dalits untouchables (now= scheduled castes: hindu caste today, still largely regulates marriage and other social activity (cid:1031)(cid:1105) (cid:1215) . (cid:1288: new jobs don"t fit old categories (cid:1033) . Higher castes, often better educated better employment ( , . Members of other castes also moving into different occupations (cid:1215) (cid:1768) . Mobility (cid:1288) : caste vs. class in north america, gender grouping (cid:1251) , men"s and women"s non-kin groups common (work, social, religious, etc. ) ( (cid:28573) (cid:28573)(cid:1553) )(cid:28574: gender and socio-economic status , greater differences men"s and women"s contributions to subsistence greater stratification. ( (cid:1251) : greater domestic public dichotomy greater, increasing gender stratification (cid:1251) .