OCT 19 Flashcards

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Rituals

-a religious or solemn c________y consisting of a series of
actions performed according to a prescribed order
-wedding pageantry; somber dress/music at funeral
-identify the sacred in society

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Rituals

-a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of
actions performed according to a prescribed order
-wedding pageantry; somber dress/music at funeral
-identify the sacred in society

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Rituals

-involve s_______-m
-involve p_________e practices
-mediate between individual experience and social
structure

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Rituals

-involve symbolism
-involve predictable practices
-mediate between individual experience and social
structure

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Rites of Passage

-ceremonies involving rituals that mark life
transitions — such as birth, m_________e, marriage
and death
-often involve the shedding of one r__e and
preparation for new r__s

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Rites of Passage

-ceremonies involving rituals that mark life
transitions — such as birth, menarche, marriage
and death
-often involve the shedding of one role and
preparation for new roles

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Rights of Separation

-1970s marked a move toward more individualized,
personalized f_________s
some ask for no funeral upon their death;
‘celebration of l__e’ becoming more popular
-represents for the widow or widower, a transformation of the self to a new social status
-contemporary society encourages the living partner to
move on; no longer married

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Rights of Separation

-1970s marked a move toward more individualized,
personalized funerals
some ask for no funeral upon their death;
‘celebration of life’ becoming more popular
-represents for the widow or widower, a transformation of the self to a new social status
-contemporary society encourages the living partner to
move on; no longer married

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Death Rituals: The-Funeral

  • funeral ritual historically controlled by family and c_____h
  • church charged with the ‘ritual of the soul’
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Death Rituals: The-Funeral

  • funeral ritual historically controlled by family and church
  • church charged with the ‘ritual of the soul’
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Death Rituals: The-Funeral

-family would prepare body (washing, dressing), set up
p_______r (drawn curtains, crepe badge on door), and
accepted mourners into their home
-mourners attended to support the family; an act of social cohesion

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Death Rituals: The-Funeral

-family would prepare body (washing, dressing), set up
parlour (drawn curtains, crepe badge on door), and
accepted mourners into their home
-mourners attended to support the family; an act of social cohesion

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Death Rituals: The Funeral—
continued

-decreased faith in Christian religion beginning in 1_th
century-displaced c______h in death ritual
-V___________n Romanticization of Death
-focused on loss of r_________p
-allowed for personal experience

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Death Rituals: The Funeral—
continued

-decreased faith in Christian religion beginning in 19th
century-displaced church in death ritual
-Victorian Romanticization of Death
-focused on loss of relationship
-allowed for personal experience

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Death Rituals: The Funeral—
continued

  • 20th century-death experience more painful and alienating
  • loss of r_________s interpretation; script
  • less death experienced (longer life expectancies)
  • less c______y focus on helping family; no script
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Death Rituals: The Funeral—
continued

  • 20th century-death experience more painful and alienating
  • loss of religious interpretation; script
  • less death experienced (longer life expectancies)
  • less community focus on helping family; no script
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Death Rituals’ The Funeral—
continued

-19_0s-beginning of funeral industry
funeralization and professionalization of death ritual
Funeral directors now do work previously done by family
-move from coffin to c______t
-dressing, adorning body

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Death Rituals’ The Funeral—
continued

-1920s-beginning of funeral industry
funeralization and professionalization of death ritual
Funeral directors now do work previously done by family
-move from coffin to casket
-dressing, adorning body

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Death Rituals’ The Funeral—
continued

  • emb______g of body
  • resulted in more d____h to loss experienace
  • funeralization — facilitation of fashionable ritual
  • the commercialization of death
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Death Rituals’ The Funeral—
continued

  • embalming of body
  • resulted in more depth to loss experienace
  • funeralization — facilitation of fashionable ritual
  • the commercialization of death
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Mourning Ritual

—19__: 6-12 weeks mourning period

  • not expected to participate in s______y
  • attended to by family and friends
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Mourning Ritual

—1900: 6-12 weeks mourning period

  • not expected to participate in society
  • attended to by family and friends
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Mourning Ritual

—19_0: move to more private mourning and for shorter period

Criticisms of change: 
for leaving mourner alone 
Durkheim: a\_\_\_\_e 
Support for change: 
some mourners want to get on with life 
spares others sense of awkwardness and discomfort
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Mourning Ritual

—1950: move to more private mourning and for shorter period

Criticisms of change: 
for leaving mourner alone 
Durkheim: anomie 
Support for change: 
some mourners want to get on with life 
spares others sense of awkwardness and discomfort
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Mourning Rituals-co
Grief is more ‘psychologized’ today

Kubler-Ross: grief as process, with stages to be worked through 
1. D\_\_\_\_\_l 
2. A\_\_\_\_r 
3. Bargaining (guilt) 
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Mourning Rituals-co
Grief is more ‘psychologized’ today

Kubler-Ross: grief as process, with stages to be worked through

  1. Denial
  2. Anger
  3. Bargaining (guilt)
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Mourning Rituals-co
Grief is more ‘psychologized’ today

Kubler-Ross: grief as process, with stages to be worked through
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. B________g (guilt)
4. D________n
5. A_________e
While family and friends not as involved as previously,
community ‘grief groups’ provide social support

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Mourning Rituals-co
Grief is more ‘psychologized’ today

Kubler-Ross: grief as process, with stages to be worked through
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining (guilt)
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
While family and friends not as involved as previously,
community ‘grief groups’ provide social support

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Rites of Passage:

  • bridal showers
  • bachelor/bachelorette parties
  • weddings
  • honeymoons
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Rites of Passage:

  • bridal showers
  • bachelor/bachelorette parties
  • weddings
  • honeymoons
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Bridal Shower

-origins traced to H______d, 16th century
-only women in attendance; no male equivalent ceremony
-purpose is to provide the bride with items she will need in her new
status as a wife
- gifts reflect traditional gender role of woman
e.g., cooking and cleaning items
-ritual order and ritual expectations
e.g., maid of honour as host; invitees expected to
attend and bring gift
-attendance signifies social solidarity and support for brides new
status

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Bridal Shower

-origins traced to H______d, 16th century
-only women in attendance; no male equivalent ceremony
-purpose is to provide the bride with items she will need in her new
status as a wife
- gifts reflect traditional gender role of woman
e.g., cooking and cleaning items
-ritual order and ritual expectations
e.g., maid of honour as host; invitees expected to
attend and bring gift
-attendance signifies social solidarity and support for brides new
status

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Bachelor Party

  • all male gathering held for the groom by his p____s
  • celebration of ‘last night as a free man’
  • heavy drinking usually taking place at a bar
  • sexual pranks/innuendos
  • strippers are common feature
  • groom expected to be a ‘good sport’ when humiliated
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Bachelor Party

  • all male gathering held for the groom by his peers
  • celebration of ‘last night as a free man’
  • heavy drinking usually taking place at a bar
  • sexual pranks/innuendos
  • strippers are common feature
  • groom expected to be a ‘good sport’ when humiliated
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Bachelorette-Party

-‘hen party’ origin traced to 19th century
Tye & Powers (1998): Bachelorette Party in Atlantic Canada
-a___________n of male model
e.g., from bridal shower to ‘bachelorette’ party
-trivialization
-disguises more serious message
-e.g., challenges women’s s____________n
-use of humour
e.g., by mirroring p___________l images of themselves
as sexual objects and resisting hegemonic control
of their lives

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Bachelorette-Party

-‘hen party’ origin traced to 19th century
Tye & Powers (1998): Bachelorette Party in Atlantic Canada
-appropriation of male model
e.g., from bridal shower to ‘bachelorette’ party
-trivialization
-disguises more serious message
-e.g., challenges women’s subordination
-use of humour
e.g., by mirroring patriarchal images of themselves
as sexual objects and resisting hegemonic control
of their lives

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Bachelorette Party conted
Party symbols:

-decorated shirt with attached ‘buck —a-suck’ candies
-heavy drinking at home and then bar
-gift giving, where gifts were of s_______l nature
e.g., assorted colored and flavoured c______s;
wind-up penis
-‘craziness’; re: drinking and dancing with strangers
-‘compulsory heterosexuality’
e.g., Pin the Macho on the Man game

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Bachelorette Party conted
Party symbols:

-decorated shirt with attached ‘buck —a-suck’ candies
-heavy drinking at home and then bar
-gift giving, where gifts were of sexual nature
e.g., assorted colored and flavoured condoms;
wind-up penis
-‘craziness’; re: drinking and dancing with strangers
-‘compulsory heterosexuality’
e.g., Pin the Macho on the Man game

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Weddings in-the-Past

-white wedding dress, garland = symbol of v_________y
-giving away of the bride = reflects father’s o__________p
-carrying the bride over the threshold=reflects husband’s
ownership
-C_______i-stealing of the bride away from the groom after
marriage and tying of tin cans to bumper of care =
preparing couple for the unexpected and scaring off the
devil

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Weddings in-the-Past

-white wedding dress, garland = symbol of virginity
-giving away of the bride = reflects father’s ownership
-carrying the bride over the threshold=reflects husband’s
ownership
-Charivari-stealing of the bride away from the groom after
marriage and tying of tin cans to bumper of care =
preparing couple for the unexpected and scaring off the
devil

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Evolution of Weddings

-more i____________d; more creative
e.g., vows that each partner writes
-association with romantic love and consumer culture
e.g., Prince William and Kate Middleton
-wedding ring originally worn by men as symbol of t____t and power ring became associated with obedience
*men gave ring to women to symbolize his love and
financial stability
-5 men wore ring as sign of maturity
-this evolving practice was heavily influenced by
industry and marketing

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Evolution of Weddings

-more individualized; more creative
e.g., vows that each partner writes
-association with romantic love and consumer culture
e.g., Prince William and Kate Middleton
-wedding ring originally worn by men as symbol of trust and power ring became associated with obedience
*men gave ring to women to symbolize his love and
financial stability
-5 men wore ring as sign of maturity
-this evolving practice was heavily influenced by
industry and marketing

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21st century Weddings

  • much more commercialized and professionalized than in the past
  • e.g., wedding planners
  • average spend on wedding in 2011 in Canada: —$ 24,000
  • selling of the dream, fairytale wedding
  • bride becomes ‘fantasy object’
  • destination weddings
  • desire to do things differently; now very common
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21st century Weddings

  • much more commercialized and professionalized than in the past
  • e.g., wedding planners
  • average spend on wedding in 2011 in Canada: —$ 24,000
  • selling of the dream, fairytale wedding
  • bride becomes ‘fantasy object’
  • destination weddings
  • desire to do things differently; now very common
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Wedding Traditions

-incorporation of one’s heritage, ethnic symbols and forms of cultural expression changes through g__________s (H____n’s Law) e.g., 1st generation keeps folkloric traditions; 2nd dismisses them; 3rd revisits and revives

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Wedding Traditions

-incorporation of one’s heritage, ethnic symbols and forms of cultural expression changes through generations (Hansen’s Law) e.g., 1st generation keeps folkloric traditions; 2nd dismisses them; 3rd revisits and revives

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Wedding Traditions

Kukharenko (2008) studied weddings among Ukrainians in Canada and in the Ukraine In Canada, ritual wedding acts and sacred artifacts perform an
‘o________l function’ for Ukrainian identity but without a
belief in their associated magical qualities
e.g., Korovai (special ritual bread): no longer believed that any defects foretell of marital problems or that only a ‘happily married woman’ should bake the bread to protect against unhappiness in couple

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Wedding Traditions

Kukharenko (2008) studied weddings among Ukrainians in Canada and in the Ukraine In Canada, ritual wedding acts and sacred artifacts perform an
‘ornamental function’ for Ukrainian identity but without a
belief in their associated magical qualities
e.g., Korovai (special ritual bread): no longer believed that any defects
foretell of marital problems or that only a ‘happily married woman’
should bake the bread to protect against unhappiness in couple

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Honeymoons

-historically, family and friends accompanied the couple
-cultural script of contemporary honeymoons:
get-away,
tropical,
beaches,
sexual passion

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Honeymoons

-historically, family and friends accompanied the couple
-cultural script of contemporary honeymoons:
get-away,
tropical,
beaches,
sexual passion