MEETING 5 : BELIEF SYSTEMSOCTOBER 6 , 2010
ANTH326 Peoples and Cultures of Sub-Saharan
Africa
Binary dichotomy in anthropology
Public/privateStructural assumptionExplaining events Evans-Pritchard
Strong forms of cultural relativism
EmbeddingNuanced reactions to colonialism
Links to previous on kinship
Ancestor worshipSolidarityReciprocity
Power
SockpuppetsNetworksRisks and responsibilitiesWeber
Uses of money
ProstitutionCost of marriageAdventurers
Modernization theory
The fitLemons and lemonadeInvisible HandNonlinear historyGrafted upon contradictionsDiversity
Intensity of contact
Maitres fous (Jean Rouch)SlaveryCapitals