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INTRODUCTION: ASIA S MOSAIC THE STATUS OF WOMEN

2. STATUS OF WOMEN IN ASIA: AN ANTHROP0LOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. Value ascribed to womenValue ascribed to women's activitiesDegree of control women have over own lives. 3. MEASURING STATUS. Difficult issueHow does one measure status?Is it an issue of superiority or inferiorityOR simply dif

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INTRODUCTION: ASIA S MOSAIC THE STATUS OF WOMEN

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    1. 1 INTRODUCTION: ASIA’S MOSAIC – THE STATUS OF WOMEN Dr. Doris R. Jakobsh RS 390

    2. 2 STATUS OF WOMEN IN ASIA: AN ANTHROP0LOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Value ascribed to women Value ascribed to women’s activities Degree of control women have over own lives Why anthropological as opposed to religious? Anthropology above all else is interested in the diversity and comparison of humankind Anthropologists have made great strides to be on guard against ethnocentrism – (the belief that one’s own organization, cultural practices, assumptions are superior, and normal) Thus, the anthropological approach is to evaluate each culture on its own terms Argues that each culture has its own way of thinking, rationale, and it is this that must be understood before one can understand the workings of society While generally we will be focusing on the religious and historical role of women, rituals, general ‘place’ in religion, this introductory lecture will attempt to give a dangerously generalized overview – focusing on general trends within Asia, vis a vis women Notion of status is profoundly problematic But here is a general understanding of what anthropologists mean when they refer to status - SLIDEWhy anthropological as opposed to religious? Anthropology above all else is interested in the diversity and comparison of humankind Anthropologists have made great strides to be on guard against ethnocentrism – (the belief that one’s own organization, cultural practices, assumptions are superior, and normal) Thus, the anthropological approach is to evaluate each culture on its own terms Argues that each culture has its own way of thinking, rationale, and it is this that must be understood before one can understand the workings of society While generally we will be focusing on the religious and historical role of women, rituals, general ‘place’ in religion, this introductory lecture will attempt to give a dangerously generalized overview – focusing on general trends within Asia, vis a vis women Notion of status is profoundly problematic But here is a general understanding of what anthropologists mean when they refer to status - SLIDE

    3. 3 MEASURING STATUS Difficult issue How does one measure status? Is it an issue of superiority or inferiority OR – simply ‘difference’ - In some societies men and women may have equal status, but in different spheres of life - In some societies men and women may have equal status, but in different spheres of life

    4. 4 ANTHROPOLOGY APPROACH: The answer is generally posited that certain types of power are more important than other types of power.

    5. 5 ISSUE: FOOTBINDING IN CHINA

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