ANTA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Ascribed Status, Endogamy, Social Stratification
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Chapter 7 social hierarchies: anthropologists use the term social hierarchy or social stratification, to refer to the ordering and ranking of individuals within a society. Normally this is based on pervasive system of inequality that privilege particular classes, castes, races or genders over others: social hierarchy: ordering and ranking of individuals within a society. Hierarchies can be based on race, gender, class, caste, ethnicity, national affiliation or other factors. Class as a form of social hierarchy: social class refers to perceptions of an individual"s standing or status in society, normally based on economic criteria, status or other factors which may vary from society to society. It is also a form of social hierarchy: ascribed status: an identity that is perceived as fixed and unchanging because a person is believed to be born with it. The popular myth that class is an achieved category is seen in the great gatsby and in the life of barack obama.
