Anthro ethnography dates, authors and locations

The obento: state and brief description

The obento and Japanese women(Allison, Japan, 1988-1989) - women are forced to create extravagant obentos for their children, marxist approach is seeing it as a technique to keep women at home and to discipline youth of japan

the hijra: state and brief description

the hijra of India(Nanda, India, 1981-1986) - third gender, have physical traits from both men and women (pluck beard, emasculation). Are connected to hindu religion as they can bless newly weds and babies with fertility. Supposedly ascetic however many work in prostitution

Maasai: state and brief description

Maasai of Tanzania(Hodgson, Tanzania and Kenya, 1985-1999) - extreme patriarchal society, women take on roles at home, married off to a whole age group of men. Men become warriors and must be seen as stoic (circumcision done with no anaesthetic to teen boys)

The White Hip-Hoppers: state and brief description

The White Hip-Hoppers of NYC(Cutler,NY, USA, 2013-2014) - use reification of the black community to perform their belonging to the hip-hopper community. They also “other” people less “black” than them to prove they are closer to it than others. Have cornrows, use the n-word (africana-american vernacular english AAVE) and dress like hip-hoppers —> example is ghetto thug.

White Kenyans: state and brief description

White Kenyans of Kenya (McIntosh, Kenya, 2013-2015) - former english colonnials now grown up in kenya —> consider it their nationality + culture but not accepted by others as truly kenyan. perform belonging through nature

The Triqui: state and brief description

The Triqui of Oaxaca (holmes, Mexico, 2003-2004)

Pink Dot: state and brief description

Pink Dot, gay Singaporians (Tan, Singapore, 2015) - only partial citizens as homophobic society. they are not fertile so do not bring economic value. many rights are diminished - only allowed to buy property at 30 + limited market for them. Bc this, relegate sexuality to private sphere