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Exam 4 Flashcards

1
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What are the main topics and experiences that Nisa rembers when she discusses her early childhood?

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-Nursing,
-giving birth
-kids insults to one another
-kids almost drown each other
-almost kill baby brother
0threats of violence
- kids sexual with each other
- the attitude of child birth

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What does Nisa’s mom tell her to go get after her baby is born?

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The digging stick

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Does Nisa’s mom really want to kill the baby?

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No she just wants Nisa to go away

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4
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In her memory adults are…

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bad because they won’t let her eat what she wants

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5
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What age does a child stop nursing?

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3

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6
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When do American’s stop nursing?

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once they talk because weird (visceral reaction)

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7
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In USA nursing is viewed as….

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A constraint from work
if keep nursing kid will never grow up ;over overattacted
what happens to us as child effects us forever

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Why don’t KUNG care about looking at others body parts?

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They are not individualistic and don’t look at long term effects

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What body function does nursing control?

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Reproduction (not menstruate)

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Why USA doesn’t co-nurse

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Socail facts regarding individuality and regarding person feel like baby is our possession.

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How long do children sleep with their parents?

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till age 3 or 5

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USA culture and baby sleeping?

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Own room because fear harm physical development, kids not become too attached, (SIDS greater chance when baby not in the same room), parents want privacy, independence of child (own sleep and feeding)

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Why do parents not carry their kids in he US?

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They want them to be independent. (car seat used all the time)

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Why do KUNG carry children?

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-babies walk very slow

learn language and good for them physically b/c muscles and inner ear develop faster b/c hold onto back

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Is there parental Authority in KUNG culture?

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No, children discipline other younger children, uncensored, children can swear back at parents

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16
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Do children get beat a lot?

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No, verbal threats mostly

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17
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How much does Nisa eat as a child?

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She eats everything

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18
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What does a baby represent to the KUNG?

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That which will eat everything

Symbolic of the antisocial the being that culture socialized into a person

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In what ways is baby antisocial to KUNG people and to American people?

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Kung eat too much/consume too much food, US afraid baby consume too much time and money

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What two things effect how a child is raised?

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The working world, and the economic world

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21
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Where do parent’s have sex?

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In the hut next to their children

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22
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Where do the children play?

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Their own village

sexual play

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23
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Describe Privacy in KUNG culture?

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Not important value, no different rooms, locks ect, parents having sex

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Why does US want privacy?

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To have sex, not legitamite if not in a private room

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25
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What dos USA culture think if kid sees sex?

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scared for life
importance of parent authority
don't change over time
cultural orgin (scarring depends on the culture_
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How much free time do the KUNG have?

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Unrestricted free time for kids, children exist in the very moment

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27
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How does USA discourage sexual play?

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Adult authority, separate boys and girls when playing

toys reflect adult life shopping doctor

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28
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Sexual play and the KUNG

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no long term scarring

girls and boys play together

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KUNG children don’t fear adults because they have

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no sense

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30
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When do adults in USA start discipline children?

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When they start to talk, look for evidence of moral character at a young age, speech (understand no), mobility, children are expected to know right from wrong

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31
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When do KUNG children gain sense?

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When they are 12

32
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What is a trail marriage equivalent to?

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Dating, parents get together and think be good match have pretend wedding, Tom Thumb Weddings in the south, Cotillion (taught manners, trained before hand, goal = develop social skills for adult hood, get ready for future as adult

33
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Word KUNG use for being human based on cultural ethics (a real human being)

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Zhun/twasi

34
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having multiple partners ideal form of marriage in KUNG society

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polygamy

35
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Why a KUNG woman want a co wife

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share burden of child rearing and food gathering
more control over her time
if not able to have children
friendship

36
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Why won’t have multiple wives/husband

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we idealize idea of 1 true love
individualistic experience
idea of what counts in a household
don’t want to share sexually or romantic

37
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KUNG goal of marriage

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reproduce

38
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Why men would want multiple wives

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share ideas among more relatives
status
more children increases status (can provide and support children)

39
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Why woman not want to have co-wives

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don’t want to share his wealth

arguments

40
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Why men not want multiple wives?

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drama over ability to support family
divide time
financial or materal pressures
(can’t just leave like USA)

41
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What kind of society marriage wise to we live in?

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Serial mongomy

42
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How are our marriages arranged

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people you see as choosable are determined culturally.

43
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Why do parent’s arrange marriage for KUNG

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parents know kids will be provided for

want to know what type of household children will be born into

44
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A cultural process of transforming a person from one type of individual/self into another type

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Rites of Passage

45
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Ex. of Rites of Passage in USA

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adulthood, school, religious(Baptism), getting car, turning 21, initiation

46
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one of the expected of KUNG woman abehavior social facts of gender : need to appear serious especially during important eventsx

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Kua

47
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Other behavior expectation of KUNG women

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voicing displeasure, license to complain,

48
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Rites of Passage ex. for KUNG

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menstruation celebration, marriage, funeral

49
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Stages of rites of passage

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  1. separation of self from former life
  2. liminal period (being between stages)
  3. reincorporation of new self into the community
50
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Stage 1 explained (separation of self from former life)

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When realize life is about to finish. Celebrate before bachelorette party (doesn’t happen again), classes before getting baptizes, marriage counceling, senior trip

51
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Stage 2 explained (period between stages)

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period of reversals, ritual food/drink ritual not over yet, dressed up act way not usually, act and eat and drink a lot of food
Weddings- dress up consume cake, cry (period of ectasy outpouring of emotion)

52
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Stage 3 (reincorporation)

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Baptism-welcomed into faith as new person
marriage- new person in church can’t stay in wedding dress forever, society requires leave previous self and fully accept new life (moving, get job after graduation)

53
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Why do we need a big ritual

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need to move on (cultural not behavioral)
believe event was significant
the VICERAL make change permenant need to experience physically
often shut down intellectually but physical keeps working

54
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How menstration is right of passage

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immediately placed in ritual place, hut dressed up, woman sing foul mouth, standards are reversed
understand childhood ending (makes you think about things)

55
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Which gender is sense more important with in KUNG culture?

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women

56
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What age do KUNG menstrate

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17

USA 12

57
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How is birth viewed by KUNG

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fulfillment of life, brings special regognition and adult status

58
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Expression during birth US vs. KUNG

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US- free expression allowed

KUNG- no emotion allowed

59
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Who do they blame for newborn’s death?

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the spirits ask WHY me

60
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KUNG understanding of disease and healing

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some diseases can only heal by spiritual healing

men go into trance and negotiate

61
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Healing and Prayer

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US not uncommen to pray for sick in emergency (similar to KUNG)

62
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When do KUNG trance

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only if disease cannot be cured with medicine (return of a cancer, continuous miscarriage

63
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Where spirtits live

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sacred

64
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where we live

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profane

65
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balance between sacred and profane (think scale)

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Health

66
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Ex of Health in KUNG culture

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children born not dying
no arguing
sick get healed

67
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things being out of balance

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disease/ill-ease

68
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KUNG understanding of orgins of disease

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The spirits (trying to get attention)

69
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Describe Trance

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Men
possessed by spirits
pulse drops
heart rate drops
blood pressure rises
sometimes die b/c cardiac arrest
70
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Where does the cure come from?

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realm of spirits

71
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Are KUNG fearful of disease

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False they are fascinated with it

72
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How do KUNG feel during a trance

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Happy and celebrate because all of spirits coming

73
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Why are healers male?

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Protect women, dangerous, not until after menopause

if can’t have children takes on social role (no bad things about this)

74
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Roles of taking over society

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encapsulation, commercialization, stigimation

75
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Describe encapsulation

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the loss of autonomy

now sedentary, stuck in one area

76
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Describe Commercialization

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KUNG experience wage labor and money for the first time = no more sharing, arguing, hunger, less land, dirty living envoi. break down in reciprocity, emergence of hierarchy

77
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Describe stigitization

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if don’t join army stigmatized

no longer hunt b/c poaching

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