ANTHR-130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Renato Rosaldo, Franz Boas, Headhunting
9 Oct 2020
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Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism: ethnocentrism- the opinion that one"s way of life is natural or correct and indeed the only way of being human (shultz and lavenda 2007, being centered on one"s own culture. Cultural self centered: we can never get rid of the lenses we have in viewing the world. Alternative form of common sense: case study: ilongots of the philippines- renato rosaldo, death and a head hunter"s rage (1989, does not represent everyone, it is only a community. Here girls marry and stay in parents" house. Lots of wars between communities and people experience death all the time: they go on killing raids, before they go they call on spirits and the women cook for them. The emic explanation is that they are enraged by grief of losing someone they loved so they throw away the head, they are throw away the burdens (catharsis) empathy (in north american it is taboo to express rage).
