ANTA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Veranda, Gender Role, Exogamy
Document Summary
Giving (caring, generosity) communicates a person"s plans and desires and attempts to control others by forming a debt obligation to return a gift, maybe bigger, or sometimes no gift at all. Feelings can"t be expressed publicly (harsh words fights), giving gifts used instead, such as yams. Thoughts about gifts are private, waiting and watching is part of deducing intention = control. Young people use their sexuality as gifts to control others, its written on their bodies . Their encounters don"t last long adolescent girls live in a house & boys in one = freedom for sex. During adolescence, youth are watched by older villagers who evaluate their potential as productive adults but they have great freedom for their own endeavors. Known as small boys/girls till 30 years old. Known as adults when married with children and committed to economic and political endeavors. Youth planning for sexual encounters such as love messages involving sexual metaphors.
