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Chavell "Chevy" Robinson
Anth& 206
Conformity & Conflict Reading Notes
1. Chapter 17. Mother's Love: Death Without Weeping (Nancy Scheper-Hughes)
2. "In fact, when questioned in private as to who was the best friend he ever had in life, Ze took a long drag on his cigarette and answered without a trace of irony, "why my mother, of course!" "But of course," I replied. Part of learning how to mother in the Alto do Cruzeiro is learning when to let go of child who shows that it "wants" to die or that it has no "knack" or no "taste" for life." (P. 159).
Questions for dicussion: When Scheper replied i felt a sense of sarcasm in what she said. Do you think that she may have felt a way by him choosing his mother when she was the one who gave up on him? Letting go of your child can be really hard for any mother in her lifetime. even though its not like losing a child, What is something you had to let go of that you cared for deeply? What are some ethnocentric things that you thought of when reading this? If none what are some ways you expressed critical cultrual relativism? 3. Scheper's main point is that because of high death rate in newborns mothers must delay feelings of attachment until the baby shows good signs of survival.
1. Chapter 18. Family and Kinship in Village India (David W. McCurdy)
2. "Family loyalty is still a parmount value. They use this loyalty to help each other economically. Family members hire each other in business. They take one another in during hard times. They offer hospitality to each other. Unlike Americans who feel guilty about accepting one-sided help from relatives, Indians look to the future. Giving aid now may pay off with a job or favor later. Even if it doesn't it is the proper thing to do" (p. 171). Questions for discussion I thought this quote was important because a lot of times we only hear of arranged marriages in in a light we dont understand,
Anth& 206
Conformity & Conflict Reading Notes
1. Chapter 17. Mother's Love: Death Without Weeping (Nancy Scheper-Hughes)
2. "In fact, when questioned in private as to who was the best friend he ever had in life, Ze took a long drag on his cigarette and answered without a trace of irony, "why my mother, of course!" "But of course," I replied. Part of learning how to mother in the Alto do Cruzeiro is learning when to let go of child who shows that it "wants" to die or that it has no "knack" or no "taste" for life." (P. 159).
Questions for dicussion: When Scheper replied i felt a sense of sarcasm in what she said. Do you think that she may have felt a way by him choosing his mother when she was the one who gave up on him? Letting go of your child can be really hard for any mother in her lifetime. even though its not like losing a child, What is something you had to let go of that you cared for deeply? What are some ethnocentric things that you thought of when reading this? If none what are some ways you expressed critical cultrual relativism? 3. Scheper's main point is that because of high death rate in newborns mothers must delay feelings of attachment until the baby shows good signs of survival.
1. Chapter 18. Family and Kinship in Village India (David W. McCurdy)
2. "Family loyalty is still a parmount value. They use this loyalty to help each other economically. Family members hire each other in business. They take one another in during hard times. They offer hospitality to each other. Unlike Americans who feel guilty about accepting one-sided help from relatives, Indians look to the future. Giving aid now may pay off with a job or favor later. Even if it doesn't it is the proper thing to do" (p. 171). Questions for discussion I thought this quote was important because a lot of times we only hear of arranged marriages in in a light we dont understand,