Dr. Money and the Boy with No Penis Notes
1.
Nature vs. Nurture
2.
Theory of Gender Neutrality
3.
Gender binary
4.
Gender dysphoria
5.
Gender Socialization
6.
Gender identity
Fausto-Sterling Notes
1.
Intersex/Transsexual
2.
Gender reassignment
3.
Kinsey Scale
4.
Sex vs. Gender
5.
Life phase homosexuality
6.
Homosexual acts. Vs. homosexual identity
7.
Cultural construction of homosexuality
Freud Notes
1.
Oedipal complex
2.
Electra Complex
3.
Id/Ego/Superego
Nunez Lecture notes
Ortner 10/18/12:
I.
Background on feminism and anthropology:
A.
Feminism 1st,
2nd,
3rd
wave: Suffragists, Friedan, Bridge
C.
Anthropology (along with history and English) was one of the first disciplines
to accept feminist scholarship.
D.
Anthropologists had been paying attention to gender since its inception because
gender is an organizing principle of society.
E.
They analyzed things such as religion, social institutions, marriage practices,
law and governance. Because all of these structures are organized according to
gender, a lot of ethnographic data existed on women.
II. Feminist
Anthropology
A. When feminist
scholars entered universities en masse in the 60s and 70s, they turned to
ethnographic data to understand questions of women’s social positions. An
initial question was:
1.
Is there such a thing as matriarchy? Has there ever been one?
2.
Is the subordination of women universal or just widespread? This was a debate
in feminist circles; Ortner believes it is universal.
3.
In every culture there is a gendered division of labor.
a. Women take care
of the home and children
b. Have a variety of
other tasks, depending on culture
4.
Social construction: in every culture, women are subordinate, but the way in
which this manifests differs from culture to culture.
Key terms:
universalism, particularism, binaries, structural anthro, purity/ pollution,
sacred/profane, nature/culture, socialization
of children, intermediate, raw and cooked, prestige, egalitarian, gendered
division of labor, sexual organization of society, domestic/public, cult of
masculinity, polarized symbolism-witch vs. goddess.
Sacred/profane: onjesta/pragata
Structure/agency
Weapons of the Weak-James Scott
Structure/agency
Weapons of the Weak-James Scott
Subversion
Resistance
A room of one's own-Wolfe
Resistance
A room of one's own-Wolfe
Negative agency
Productive/reproductive labor
Sexual division of labor
Bridewealth/dowry (184)
