Lec 5 Female - Male dualism
Lec 5 Female - Male dualism October-08-13 4:05 PM
Nature - Culture Primitive - civilized Domestic - public Country(wilderness) - city Body - mind Instinct - reason Female - male -
Nature-culture dualism is aligned with other dualism Different aspects of the dualism can become salient (the most significant part, stands out) These dualisms work together, but some become salient King Kong - primitive/civilized dualism, resonants with nature/culture dualism
Nature - Culture - The ways in which humans separate themselves from nature - or see themselves as superior to nature - are cultural artifacts. These are to be critically examined rather than be adopted as assumptions to be shared. - Sherry Ortner, UCLA professor (author of one of the readings) ○ Second wave feminist ○ 70s article ○ Humans of hunting and gathering ○ There is a correlation that makes female closer to nature, rooted in nature ○ Affinity / rootedness, closer to nature but not exactly the same as nature Nature - Culture Female - Male - King Kong, "the wall" - Nature-culture divide - The wall is what distinguishes the primitive and civilized - "Some like it ...Hot" (film by Billy Wilder(?)) 1959
Nature - Culture Primitive - civilized Domestic - public Country(wilderness) - city Body - mind Instinct - reason Female - male -
Nature-culture dualism is aligned with other dualism Different aspects of the dualism can become salient (the most significant part, stands out) These dualisms work together, but some become salient King Kong - primitive/civilized dualism, resonants with nature/culture dualism
Nature - Culture - The ways in which humans separate themselves from nature - or see themselves as superior to nature - are cultural artifacts. These are to be critically examined rather than be adopted as assumptions to be shared. - Sherry Ortner, UCLA professor (author of one of the readings) ○ Second wave feminist ○ 70s article ○ Humans of hunting and gathering ○ There is a correlation that makes female closer to nature, rooted in nature ○ Affinity / rootedness, closer to nature but not exactly the same as nature Nature - Culture Female - Male - King Kong, "the wall" - Nature-culture divide - The wall is what distinguishes the primitive and civilized - "Some like it ...Hot" (film by Billy Wilder(?)) 1959
