Anthro Test Vocab

social relations

any relationship between two or more individuals in a network of relationships, involves individual agency and group expectations

identity

the individual’s private and personal view of the self or the view of an individual in the eyes of a social group

belief and knowledge

a set of convictions, values and viewpoints regarded as “the truth” and shared by members of a social group

health *

anthropologists examine how human beings efforts to secure and treat health and treat illness are impacted by cultural processes

illness

a medical condition

inequality *

existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society

the body

may be viewed as an anthropological problem. they investigate its use, value, and limits in terms of space, time, and matter

healing practices

culturally specific ways of treating illnesses

causation

capacity of one cultural feature to influence another

Terms used

how are illness and inequality affected by which of the following (causation)

holmes example

Abelino(a triqui migrant worker) told Holmes that his headaches were so excruciating that he could not sleep. Because he lacked health insurance, feared deportation, and found that over-the-counter pain relievers did nothing, he turned to alcohol as a desperate form of self-medication. He famously noted that he had to drink 22 beers just to numb the pain enough to lose consciousness and get some rest before starting work the next morning.

other ethnographic example

in “Working the Night Shift” by Reena Patel, women in the call center having to work double shifts throughout the night without proper sleep because they are the only ones that will tkae the job because they’re in need of money and are easy to manipu;ate as women