ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Allentown, Pennsylvania, Hegemonic Masculinity, Rust Belt
3 Feb 2016
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Social and cultural construction: means that things are not. Naturally constructed, they are constructed through practice; refers how our practices and ideas are build up on what we say and what we do. Global and mail article: cleveland ohio, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, grand rapids, michigan, allentown, pennsylvania, akron, ohio. Places the author visited; all these towns are much larger than. Less resources available, high degree of economic risks: us relied heavily on company"s donations, trying to make enough spots so young people will live there, role of university in economy (eg. mitacs = internships) Meanwhile, state of emergency in flint, michigan due to water crisis. The state started getting water to the river (coercive water) and exposed lead on water pipeline = lead poisoning. Social stratification and social hierarchy: stratification: the process of the creation of the hierarchy, hierarchy: strict level in society (ordering of the levels) forming layers and categories of people.
