Sex & Gender Flashcards
What is sex and gender?
Biological condition
two spirit : both male & female identity
-components to rituals
-have different performance values
What are berdaches?
biologically of a specific gender, but take on the role of the opposite gender
(identifies as two spirit)
Ex: man weaving
Two spirit powows
-A powwow is a cultural celebration that includes traditions like singing, dancing, and drumming. The team behind the first BAAITS Powwow sought to de-gender these traditions and bring Two-Spirit people, those who do not identify within the gender binary
Reconstructing Gender?
Associated activities from archaeology
-ethnographic analogy-to inform reconstructions of human societies.
Ethnographic: study of human cultures
Ex of ethnographic analogy: men rather than women herd large animals.
Archaeology and kinship
-kinship
-bilateral descent
-unilineal descent
What is fictive?
Ascribed achieved
What are lineages
A group of individuals descended from a common ancestor.
(From unilateral descent group) male or female line
Rank lineages, clans, and morties?
Moiety—
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Clan– lineage
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Lineage
Death and social status
-mortuary remains
-social distinctions = material distinctions
-mortuary rituals
What is environmental archaeology
Study of human- environment interaction
What is coring?
-sea cores: pushing cores down to the bottom of the ocean
-ice cores
-freshwater cores
-terrestrial cores
Plants & animals
Winds & landscape change
Patrilineal vs matrimonial descent
Patrilineal Descent. According to this rule, descent is traced through the father’s or male line. Here the descent criterion is restricted to males, and only descendants of a common ancestor in the male line will be recognized as kin.
Matrilineal Descent: Here the descent of the individual is traced through the mother or female exclusively. The descendants are called here matrilineal kin.
Unilineal- one line either female or male
What does gender role ideology mean?
Abstract. Gender role ideology is defined as an individual’s
attitudes to how the roles of women and men are and should be shaped by sex.
What does androcentric mean?
Dominated by or emphasizing masculine interests or a masculine point of view.
What are gender roles?
The role of behavior considered to be appropriate to a particular gender as determined by prevailing cultural norms.
