ANTH 300 Assignment 1 Emily Senger. Why do people of the Cauca Valley not allege that women working for wages on sugarcane plantations partake in devil pacts? The women working on sugar plantations in the Cauca Valley were not accused of taking part in devil contracts as these pacts were more so aligned with male production roles, where men “enter into contracts with the devil in order to increase their production and hence their wage” (13). Women’s roles came from the principle of “oeconomia”
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into certain categories due to the politics’ pressure. Marxism in Feminism: It talks about the rights of women, which has kept changing over the time, and along with it the Feminist theory and the freedom of women having the control of her own life and desires. Marxist Feminist mainly believes in the moral right or wrong in corruption of wage labour, which is caused by the oppression of women. And to understand the capitalist sources of this, Marxist theory is developed and applied into it. Strengths
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Show how different ideological approaches have helped you to understand the cultural significance of spaces and places. [40 Marks] Places and spaces can communicate a fixed view on the world, positioning audiences to hold the preferred, closed reading that alternative theoretical approaches transmit to their audiences. Ideologies are dominant theories that can be implicit or explicit within places and spaces. Therefore, places and spaces are cultural transmitters, playing a role in en-culturing
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“Evaluate the view that religion is an important source of moral values in contemporary societies” The debate as to whether religion is a vital source of moral values in contemporary society is continuous. Sociologists aim to know and understand exactly how and if religion plays any role in current society. This leads us to ask what exactly religion is. According to sociologists, there are three main ways of defining religion: substantive, functional and social constructionist. Max Weber (1905)
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Herrmann, M. 05/07/2012 A. Two of the Most Significant Social Consequences of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution had a dramatic impact on social systems and not all were positive. However, two of the enduring and positive social consequences of the Industrial Revolution for the common man were the overall improvement in the standard of living and the advancement of education. With the exception of Russia in the nineteenth century, major countries which experienced an Industrial
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bourgeoisie had on the proletariat. Eli Zaretsky in 1976 said the N.F reproduces the next generation of workers and it consumes the good of capitalism. It acts as a safety net for male frustration created by work. Zaretsky identifies the usefulness of the N.F giving an understanding of the dominating roles with the mother and father showing how sexist it is towards women. Also shows the socialisation of functionalists as the N.F sets up a good stability for the dependent children. Cooper another sociologist
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Assess the contribution of functionalist sociologists to our understanding of the family (24 marks) Functionalists employ the idea of the nuclear family being the main universal family in society and most benefitting. The nuclear family functions to meet the pro dominant means of society (sexual reproduction, educational and economic functions). The family allows each member of the family to shine individually and enjoy success. The functionalist sociologist Murdock believed that the nuclear family
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Washburn approaches capitalism from its two binary perspectives. The pro-capitalist posits that capitalism “moves on two tracks, the economic track and the political track” (Washburn, 155). They remark that the economic track allows people to be free and independent, while the political track is democratic, giving people an equal voice. They define justice as “being fair” and that it is giving people “what they have earned or merited” (Washburn, 155). Because capitalism rewards people for their individual
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by Upton Sinclair illustrated the fate of immigrants in Chicago in the meatpacking industry, the harsh realities of life in the city, and the truth about opportunity in America as a result of capitalism. Through vivid imagery, metaphors, and symbolism, Sinclair described the horrors of industrial capitalism through the portrayal of the poor working and living conditions and annihilation of the Rudkus
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dynamics of Capitalist Society o Get a theoretical grasp to understand the mechanisms at work in the overall process of historical change in which Capitalism was a phase – used historical epochs to show this change with each having a dominant class o Under capitalism humans are alienated from their world, work, others and themselves – Capitalism is based on surplus value and the labour theory of value o Marx was aware of intermediate classes (petit-bourgeoisie or lumpenproletariat) but
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