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In what type of cultures do you find the Berdache tradition?
Native Americans
What is a berdache?
A morphological male who does not fill a society standard man’s role, who has a non-masculine roll= androgyny
How have Europeans and American Indians differ in their treatment of the berdache?
Europeans: saw it as deviant of third gender
American Indians: excepted as a third gender
What is the function of the berdache in their religion?
They do some woman’s work, dress, and social roles of women
Who was the Ethnobotanist Who tracked down the zombie potion?
Wade Davis
What is the one ingredient which turns up in all of the formulas and where does it come from (from the zombie potion)?
Tetrodotoxin, comes from the puffer fish
How and why is this poison use in Japan?
By eating fugu fish as nonlethal
What effects have been served in the poison used in Japan?
Some poison is left creating exhilarating physiological effects, tingles up and down the spine, euphoria etc.
What is the cultural answer to the zombie mystery?
Social control
