People of Anthropology Flashcards
Franz Boaz -CR
He said you cannot compare two cultures together because they all have their own sets of rules, this was a response to cultural evloutionisim, which believed that all cutures went from savages to barbaric to civilized
Margret Mead
She did a study of adolocent Somoan girls in 1925 -1926 which she believed that when they transitioned into adulthood it was much easier because of sexual freedom, she concluded that sex roles were a cultural thing and not biological
Derek freeman
He decided to critize meads work by conducting his own study in 1960, he believed that mead informant trick her
Paul shankman
He decided to compare both of their works and said they were both right as both of the studies were taken in different years which can cause everything to change during that time period
Marvis Harris CM
He believed that ,materia; and evorienment influences how a cuture develops, if they didnt have the ability to produce or reproduced the culture would dissapear
Femenist Anthro
1970 femeneist anthropologist were re-examining anthropology to make sure woman voices were heard, they showed that society is more male dominated