Cultural Anthropology

4 Subfeilds of Antropology

1. Cultural

2. Biology

3. Archeology

4. Linguistics

Ethnography

the way that we conduct methods of research

Globalization

increased movement in money, people, goods, and ideas

Culure

shared behaviors, how we interact with others, beliefs

Ethnocentrism

closed minded, exclusive

Cultural Relativism

open minded

Nature

debate that examines the relative contributions of genetics

Nurture

Enviornment shaping the developing behaviors

Emic

insider point of view 

Etic

outsider point of view

Individual Racism

indivivual beliefs or actions 

Instutional 

embedded in structures

Racial Ideology

popular ideas about race that allow discrimination to appear reasonable and normal

Assimlation

when a minority group adapts the values behaviors of a dominant group 

Multicultuism 

coexististance of diverse cutlures within a single society 

Miscgeneration 

the mixing of racial or ethnic groups through marriage

Redlining

the denying of services based on race or culture

Kinship

cultures create to determine who is related to who

Decent groups

blood relatives that reach back into a common ancestor

Patrilineal

membership on the fathers side

Patriocal 

when family moves to husbands to fathers community

Maatrinleal

mebership on the mothers side

Matriocal

when family moves to motherscommunity

Neocality

when they live away from family

Bride wealth/Dowrey

exchange of money and gifts after marriage 

Arranged Marriges

union or alliances between families

Divorce

legal ending to a marriage

Pologmy

a man has more than one spouse

polyandry

a woman has more than one spouse 

Fraternal polandry

a woman weds two or more brothers

Serial Monogamy

divorce is relativley common 

Exomgamy

seeking outside of ones groups

Endogamy

dictates mating or marriage within a group