5 and 8 ig Flashcards
Gender
A cultural assumption about the differences between men and women; their character the roles they play in society, what they represent”
Division of labor are one of the clearest ways in which societies are gendered
Places where there are human labor going on
(less advanced ig)
Bali- Brick Making done by hand
What is going on in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Many women temp migrate to the middle east to work as domestics, coooking, cleaning, and providng childcare in order to send money home to support a family
Identity
How we make sense of ourselves
Identifying against (example)
Europeans constructing an image of Asia and the Middle east as “Orient” (A place of mystical characters are”
Europeans defining Africans and Natives as “savage”. This was a repeated pattern during their time of colonialism. Europeans viewed all the shades of Black as one
The europeans also defined themselves as not savage : Civilized
How does society determine a race
Through physical attributes
How can race be used in a bad way
People can create racial categories to justify their own power, thus placing them lower than themselves.
Examples of reenforcing racial contraitns
US- Residential Segregation, Racialized Division of Labor
History of Hispanic?
Before 2000 it was a race. then in 2000 it was changed to an ethnicity because the word means coming from a Spanish speaking country, which would mean a black person could be hispanic if they came from a S Spekaing country
Residential Segregation
the degree of Two or more groups living separately from one another
Blighted Neighborhoods
A neighborhood that has fallen apart
Canton Level
A small geographically defined area that distinguished cultural groups within the state
Ethnic Conflicts
A conflict based on racial distinction
What brought the chinese to Mexicali Valley
The colarado river land which started growing cotton
Where are women generally emploed
In the service sectors
Why do men tend to leave rural areas
To work in heavy industries and mine in the cities, women are tend to be left behind to tend the farms and stuff
Why do woman out men in sub sahara africa
They have heavy responsibilities, they produce over 70 percent of the food. And also because many men leave for the towns for better job prospects
Dowry
Paying the grooms family money to take in the bride
What happened after the gold rush
Asains came in and were quite dispersed however the Chinese exulcsuion act came in 1182 because they were blamed for bad econ
Barrization
Dramatic increase in Hispanics
Happened in Southern California where a lot of hispanics came in and started reigniting the cities work force after the whites left
Decolonization
The process of a colony gaining independence and becoming a sovereign nation
State
A political organized territory with a permanent population, defined territory, and a government
To become a state, it must be recognized as a state by other states
Territoriality
the concept of territory, which refers to a defined area of land or water that is claimed by a group or individual as their own and is protected from external interference
Sovereignty
The right to control its own territory, both militarily and politically
Mercantilism
the prevailing economic theory during the first few centuries of European expansion and colonialism. It emphasized maintaining a favorable balance of trade and the accumulation of precious metals.
Nation
A group of people who think of themselves as one based on a sense of shared culture and hisotry
Imagined community
Ex of nation
The French
Nation State
A politically organized area in which Nation and State occupy the same space
