Welcome to Anthropology 100G:

Principles of Human Organization: Nonwestern Culture

Fall Semester 1999

Dr. Alexander Moore

Lecture Outlines: Week Three

Sept. 14

Fieldwork of Jane Goodall

Outline to follow.

Sept. 16, 1999

Family as an Emergent Institution in Bands and Beyond

  1. Intro: Definitions (see text p. 171)
    1. Institutions
    2. Family
    3. Norms
  2. Activities, Functions, Norms
    1. Sex
    2. Parenting
    3. Eating
    4. Other Exchange
    5. Ritual (Example: case of !Kung San female puberty rite before marriage ritual. Pay attention to the relation of family rituals to the wider community.)
    6. Disputing and Law
  3. Families and the competitive edge for the group through inter-family cooperation across gnerations (tying age and sex categories together).

!Kung San Female Life Cycle
(Death at any age)
Biological Crisis
Life Stage
Birth
Infancy
Weaning / Birth of Sibling
Childhood
Trial Marriage
Child Bride
Puberty
Adolescence / Romantic Phase
Motherhood
Adulthood
Birth of Grandchildren
Old Age
Death
Death

!Kung San Male Life Cycle
(Death at any age)
Biological Crisis
Life Stage
Birth
Infancy
Weaning / Birth of Sibling
Childhood
Puberty
Adolescence
Trial Marriage
Bride Service
Wife's Puberty
Romantic Phase
Fatherhood
Adulthood
Birth of Grandchildren
Old Age
Death
Death