ANTH 010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Couvade, Individualism, Hot Flash

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Anthropology (ANTH)
• Course: ANTH 010
• Professor: witsoe

Document Summary

Existence within a culture of multiple categories of femininity, masculinity and androgyny that are tolerated and legitimate. Model of gender organization which recognizes gender expression beyond male & female or gender expressions which may be fluid over the life course. Many cultures accept & encourage fluid gender roles. Woman becomes mother give birth to infant (biologically) Role of mother & father shaped by culture. Cultural definition of motherhood (duration and meaning: other cultures mother = maternal status delivered right sex . Non-industrial: supportive family members, prenatal period as an important phase of becoming a mother. Couvade:*: customary behaviour of fathers that may occur during & shortly after the birth of their children. Freudian interpretations cross sex identification: father role was weak. Estonia: people believe that a woman"s birth pains will be less if husband bears some of them. Industrial & post industrial being 30-70 years of age.