Unit 2

Question 1

sex

Answer 1

the biological characteristics that describe an individual

Question 2

gender

Answer 2

the actions in which an individual performs that is deemed feminine and masculine

Question 3

Intersexuality

Answer 3

a catch all for three major subgroups with some mixture of male and female characteristics

Question 4

“sex and gender are best conceptualized as points in a multidimensional space”

Answer 4

the idea that one can find levels of masculinity and femininity in almost every possible way; A chromosomal, hormonal and genital male (or female) may emerge with a female (or male) gender identity

Question 5

Sexual multiplicity

Answer 5

not a distinct difference between male and female bodies, sex occurs on a continuum

Question 6

sex testing

Answer 6

the process of undergoing chromosome analysis through an MRI and a gynecological exam that determines what with you are male or female or intersex

Question 7

hijra

Answer 7

persons who were born as males but adopt the clothing and occupation of women (neither man or woman)

Question 8

polyamory

Answer 8

the concept of being in love with multiple people

Question 9

polygyny

Answer 9

one man marries multiple women

Question 10

polygamy

Answer 10

commit of 1 marriage to multiple spouses

Question 11

monogamy

Answer 11

an individual only has 1 spouse

Question 12

“Genetic theory of kinship”

Answer 12

It is the theory that beliefs the higher degree of genetic relatedness, the higher degree of kinship behavior

Question 13

Systems of kinship terminology

Answer 13

(1) The Eskimo System
(2) Hawaiian System
(3) Iroquois System

Question 14

“multiplicity of mothers”

Answer 14

in some types of kinships, such as the Hawaiian system, there is a large number of mothers within a kinship

Question 15

the “doing” of kinship

Answer 15

the idea of getting rid of the idea that kinship is based on genetics but making kinship about the social aspect and making close relationships with individuals

Question 16

gender division of labor

Answer 16

the allocation of different jobs or types of work of women and men

Question 17

intersectionality

Answer 17

the theory that the overlap of various social identities, as race, gender, sexuality, and class, contributes to the specific type of systemic oppression and discrimination experienced by an individual

Question 18

emotional transnationalism

Answer 18

transnational connections involving feelings and emotions

Question 19

intimacy

Answer 19

close familiarity or friendship; closeness

Question 20

diaspora

Answer 20

the dispersion of any people from their original homeland

Question 21

diasporic connectivity

Answer 21

the state of being connected with individuals who were dispersed from the same homeland as you

Question 22

imagined communities

Answer 22

an idea that in communities there is conception of deep, horizontal comradeship

Question 23

emotions are political

Answer 23

race plays a role the emotional experience of international travel-as do race, gender, class, and political identity

Question 24

diasporic contact zones

Answer 24

takes place in places such as beaches, airports, hotels, restaurants, and the beach where they are able to test the shared notions of Blackness, while also interrogating power differentials within African diasporic relationships

Question 25

diasporic heart

Answer 25

longing of belonging based on being in African diaspora

Question 26

diasporic imaginings

Answer 26

how people who share the community even if we never meet people in real life

Question 27

diasporic longing

Answer 27

a desire of connecting to individuals who were dispersed and share the same homeland as you

Question 28

tourist gaze

Answer 28

a set of expectations tourists place on local populations when they participate in heritage tourism, in search of having an “authentic experience”; a tool for examining how culture is presented and received within tourist settings

Question 29

romance industry

Answer 29

the romantic, emotional, and intimate connections cultivated between foreign tourists and local men and women (from developing countries). Men would get monetary gains for their sexual services

Question 30

polyandry

Answer 30

one woman marries multiple men

Question 31

Hawaiian System

Answer 31

This system is the simplest in that it has the fewest terms. The key distinctions are generation and gender. For example, all the males of the biological father’s generation are called father, while all the females are called mother. The Hawaiian system is common where nuclear families are dependent on other kin; the system emphasizes cohesion of the extended family. It is common among Pacific Island peoples.

Question 32

Eskimo System

Answer 32

The nuclear family is emphasized in this system. Relatives outside of the nuclear family are distinguished by gender. Terms like mother, father, sister, and brother not used for relatives outside of the nuclear family. On the other hand, terms for aunt, uncle, cousin, grandfather and grandmother are used for both sides of family. The Eskimo system is associated with societies where nuclear family is economically independent.

Question 33

Iroquois System

Answer 33

The Iroquois system, found only in matrilineal societies, has different terms for maternal and paternal relatives based on sex and generation. It makes distinctions between parental siblings of opposite sexes. What this means is that any sisters the mother has are also called mother and any brothers of the father are called father. However, brothers of the mother are called uncle and sisters of the father are called aunt. Offspring of the mother’s sister or father’s brother are consider siblings, while children of the parents’ siblings of the opposite sex are called cousin.