Intro to Cultural Anthropology Notes 4/14/10, Cultural Exchange and Survival

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Intro to Cultural Anthropology Notes 4/14/10, Cultural Exchange and Survival


 
  
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Resistance and Survival
 
How do people resist assimilation? Domination? Analytical tools for understanding...
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Hegemony 
 
Antonio Gramsci, Italian Marxist How can one group dominate another? Dominance of one social...
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The basic premise of hegemony
 
Cultural norms (institutions, practices, beliefs) are not “natural”. Cultural norms...
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Logic behind hegemony
 
Coercive rule is expensive and unstable: Better option is to persuade subordinates...
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Article: Public/Hidden TranscriptsAuthor: James Scott
 
Purpose - resisting hegemonic powerPublic Transcript: Public interactions between dominators...
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Examples of public transcript vs. hidden transcript
 
In Nepal – lamas have high social status, everybody owes labor to lama, lots that supports...
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Hidden transcript - weapons of the weak
 
Hidden transcripts can be transformed into public expressions against hegemony. Resistance...
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Music as a Form of Resistance
 
Hegemoic discourse and stereotypes Blacks are inferior, they need our guidance Blacks...
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The Blues Brothers 
 
Featured actual famous Blues musicians, including John Lee Hooker The Message Urban...
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Resisting Hegemonic Power
 
Early Blues (c. 1900) Veiled from public, not real music Hidden transcript against...
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Examples of Music as Hidden/Public Transcript
 
Belgian Congo – colonized by King Leopold Colonial expansion – Leopold  versus...
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Music and Resistance in Africa
 
As communication - connecting people, archiving information, spreading news Rapid communication Raises...

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