Exam 2 Study Guide
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Cultural Anthropology Exam 2 Study Guide
You must be able to define or discuss the following concepts:
Ch. 7
- Understand examples of social groupings beyond the household and how they differ according to several organizational principles.
- Understand the bases of solidarity and exchange in friendship.
- Understand the dynamics of groups in which membership solidarity is reinforced through a strong sense of exclusiveness from others, such as youth gangs and fraternities.
- Understand how rituals of initiation can create a sense of identity in social groups.
- Provide examples of cooperatives and countercultural groups whose members are united by particular goals.
- Compare major systems of social stratification cross-culturally such as the caste system.
- Understand the concept of civil society and how it works in at least one context.
- Understand the culture of the Roma of Eastern Europe and contemporary challenges they are facing.
- Recognize and locate the places that appear in the maps in this chapter and know something about their social characteristics.
Ch.8: Understand the anthropological study of political organizations including:
- the bases of leadership and power.
- the major forms of political organizations.
- examples of anthropological studies of local politics.
- the differences in gender roles in political leadership in various contexts.
- how globalization is affecting politics and political organization around the world.
- be familiar with the ethnographic examples discussed in the text.
Ch. 9: Understand the history, goals, and current interests of linguistic anthropology including:
- the concepts of displacement and productivity as being distinct to human communication and language.
- the importance of formal linguistic features such as phonemes and grammar.
- the two models for understanding the relationship between language, thought, and society.
- how discourse relates to identity and power in everyday life and in formal situations.
- how languages change and how economics and politics shape language change and language policy of governments.
- be familiar with the ethnographic examples discussed in the text.
Ch. 11: Understand how cultural anthropology contributes to the understanding of “art” from a cross-cultural perspective, including:
- the major categories of art cross-culturally.
- what cultural anthropologists emphasize in the study of art.
- the major structural factors involved in art such as political and ethnic interests in promotion of identity.
- some examples of how cross-cultural differences in various categories of art such as music, theater, and architecture might relate to their social contexts.
- how play and leisure are shaped by culture and contribute to shaping people’s cultural worlds.
- be familiar with the ethnographic examples discussed in the text.
KEY CONCEPTS (You must be able to define or discuss the following concepts):
Chapter 7:
- achieved position
- age set
- ascribed position
- caste system
- civil society
- dalit
- diaspora population
- matriarchy
- mestizaje
- patriarchy
- primary group
- secondary group
- social group
- social stratification
- status
- youth gang
Chapter 8:
- authority
- band
- big‑man or big-woman system
- chiefdom
- corporate social responsibility (CSR
- critical legal anthropology
- influence
- law
- moka
- nation
- norm
- policing
- political organization
- power
- sectarian conflict
- social control
- social justice
- state
- trial by ordeal
- tribe
- war
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Ch. 9
- call system
- communication
- creole
- critical discourse analysis
- critical media anthropology
- code-switching
- discourse
- displacement
- ethnosemantics
- global language
- historical linguistics
- language
- language family
- phoneme
- pidgin
- Sapir‑Whorf hypothesis
- sociolinguistics
- tag questions
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Ch. 11
- art
- blood sport
- ethno‑esthetics
- ethnomusicology
- expressive culture
- heterotopia
- intangible cultural heritage
- material cultural heritage
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Possible short answer questions. Please be prepared to answer at least three of the following questions:
- Define the concepts of status, ascribed position, and achieved position, and provide an example of each from class reading and discussion.
- Discuss how social inequality and structural violence affect the way Aboriginal youth experience the legal system in Australia.
- Briefly define Pidgin and Creole, explain the primary differences between them, and give at least one ethnographic example of each.
- Microcultures based on race, class, gender and age often have distinct communication styles. Choose two of these dimensions and provide examples for each; specify the microcultures you choose to discuss.
- Describe the historical context of the Gullah people, key elements of their culture and current situation, and the challenges they face.
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What are important questions in research related to gender and expressive culture? Discuss one example of anthropological research on gender in art/expressive culture/performance.