ANTH 1102 1ST Edition Lecture 19 Outline of Last Lecture I Four Conceptual Lenses II The Luddite Movement III The Myth of the General Strike IV The Zapatistas EZLN V OWS and the V Masking Phenomenon Outline of Current Lecture VI Social Hierarchies VII What is social stratification VIII Classic Period 250 950CE Mayan social organization IX Example The caste system in pre colonial Madagascar X Why study social stratification XI Social Class Classic US Model XII How do social hierarchies operate How are they organized Current Lecture Identity Culture and Society Continued Social Stratification and Gender Social Hierarchies Societies are made up of different types of formal and informal internal hierarchies Examples Wealth Class caste Kinship and descent Gender Ritual ideological authority These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Age experience skill Example of formal hierarchy US Army Egalitarianism and informal hierarchy among Ju hoansi Little or no formal structure or rank Prestige based on peoples achievements age respect What is social stratification Classification of people within a society Multidimensional Economic Social Political Ideological A social stratum grouping of people on the basis of shared conditions Stratification differences in status power privilege etc Classic Period 250 950CE Mayan social organization Large kingdoms Small city states Rich ritual life Bureaucracy Cyclical conception of time Astronomy writing art architecture expansive trade Classic period Mayan social stratification From top to bottom Ajaw ahau Nobility Priests Merchants and artisans Peasants slaves Example The caste system in pre colonial Madagascar Castes Hereditary categories Endogamous marry within Categories and prestige based on cultural norms Examples India Feudal Japan Pre Colonial Madagascar Southern US Pre colonial Madagascar Reflection of bias of colonial visitors on skin type darker lower caste lightest highest caste BUT NOT TRUE Hereditary castes in kingdoms From top to bottom o Mpanjaka o Andriana o Vohitse o Andevo Basis of system Kinship and Descent Lineages demonstrated descent Clans Why study social stratification Diversity and change in social organization System of governance Social problems conflicts Production of disparities inequalities Social Class Classic US Model Upper Class relatively small elite by birth wealth relative privilege Middle Class in between white collar workers college degree broadly applied and contested in the US Lower Class large group blue collar workers low income and low economic security How do social hierarchies operate How are they organized Max Weber on class The 3Ps of social stratification Property class power Prestige social status Political power ability to use force to assert will
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