ANTH 1003 : Quiz 3 Review
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Study guide for quiz 3: chapters, 6-7, 12, 13, yanomamo. Gender and economic activity 3 kinds of societal patterns. Reciprocity generalized balanced negative extended (not in text). Urigubu contributions to in-laws. (except for kula, don"t memorize the tribriand names. ) Media of exchange: barter silent trade (silent barter) primitive money (spheres of exchange. What are they?) true money: medium of exchange, standard of value (standard units, condensed wealth, universally acceptable. What standards of value are used in the potlatch: rite of passage, face saving, title-claiming, rivalry (what caused this?) Theory of the leisure class conspicuous consumption vs. vicarious consumption. The jibaro (shuar) + chagnon and the yanamamo. What do they manufacture: chagnon (sociobiology, harris (cultural materialism, patrick tierney (postmodern) What is the most serious selective factor among the yanomamo (what kills them?) How might this lead to conflicts? (remember the yir yiront) What is the shuar house like, and why is it constructed like this.
