ANTHR101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Marine Mammal, Universal Grammar, Endogamy
9 Dec 2015
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They are all cultural constructs not natural, not real differences. The idea that characterises attributed to people are based on social things and culturally determined. Used to some extent in every culture. Have no basis in biology; fully created by humans. Changeable to meet the needs of those in power. Dynamic (how people think about these constructs differently especially. Have a real effect on people different cultures) Differential access to resources is what separates people the most, not how they look or their beliefs. Its used to distract members of a society from real causes of inequality. The product of the way that political and economic forces structure individuals" risk for suffering within a population. Circumscribes the spaces in which the poorest and least powerful members of society must live and subjects them to highly intensified risks of all kinds .
