ANTH 1120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Social Inequality, Reductionism, Harvest

• School: York University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1120
• Professor: Christianne Stephens

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Ideological backdrop to the culture of poverty: discussions of poverty in us, ce(cid:374)te(cid:396) a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:448)alue judg(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts(cid:863, also on race + ethnicity, began with calvinist/puritanical heritage. Interpretations of his books: u. s. often blamed victims of poverty, france is a (cid:272)(cid:396)iti(cid:395)ue of ho(cid:449) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s sho(cid:396)t(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)gs, wa(cid:374)t to fi(cid:454) (cid:862)(cid:272)lass-(cid:271)ased i(cid:374)e(cid:395)ualit(cid:455)(cid:863) Defining the culture of poverty: michael harrington socialist sociologist, coi(cid:374)ed ph(cid:396)ase (cid:862)(cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e of po(cid:448)e(cid:396)t(cid:455)(cid:863, studied rural poverty, located in appalachia, des(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)es (cid:373)o(cid:396)al (cid:862)(cid:272)all to a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863, president johnson (1964, de(cid:272)la(cid:396)ed a (cid:862)(cid:449)a(cid:396) o(cid:374) po(cid:448)e(cid:396)t(cid:455)(cid:863) Social/cultural reproduction theory: based on studies of poor youth, those between education, sociology, anthropology, looked at connection between culture and social inequality. In terms of power: theorists look how one causes their situation upon themselves, without political forces being in the question. Conclusion (part one: while many are trying to survive, there are academics who are arguing about how to properly address the issue of poverty.