Cultural reproduction

Emily Martins book” “The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction” is an ethnographic study of male-oriented metaphors for women 's reproductive processes and women 's real thoughts about those processes through interviews. Martin and her assistants interviewed 165 African American and white women, regarding three stages of life starting with the earliest in woman’s life being puberty, then childbearing, and final stages of reproduction cessation being menopause. 57% of the interviewees

Alyce Barner Professor: Dr. Towghi GWS 111.2 11 August 2016 The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction Emily Martin Anthropologist Emily Martins book” “The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction” is an ethnographic study of male-oriented metaphors for women 's reproductive processes and women 's real thoughts about those processes through interviews. Martin and her assistants interviewed 165 African American and white women, regarding three stages of life starting

Pierre Bourdieu’s cultural reproduction has transformed as well as influenced the literature field, following Alice Sullivan’s statement on the successful results of Bourdieu 's theory: “Bourdieu 's theory of cultural reproduction has been highly influential, and has generated a great deal of literature, both theoretical and empirical” (144). According to Bourdieu’s theory, based on his book Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste, makes the declaration that higher levels of education

After cultural capital and cultural arbitrary, then, comes the third capital, which Bourdieu’s theory terms habitus. Habitus is a term, which is similar to cultural capital because they are transmitted from home: “Like cultural capital, habitus is transmitted within the home” (Sullivan 149). However, there is a dissimilarity concerning cultural capital and habitus: “… whereas cultural capital consists of the possession of legitimate knowledge, habitus is a set of attitudes and values, and the dominant

Attraction Reproduction in Homo sapiens, as in all animals, is a primary driving force and has been elaborated upon since the beginnings of society. Humans must take part in sexual reproduction to produce offspring, thus initiation behaviors can be studied. Commonly, the male makes advances and the female is the selector, or chooses the mate. For humans, this holds true and behavior is modified to maximize competitive receptability. This phenomenon carries across all cultural boundaries and

“normal” relationship (demonstrated by cultural morality and various forms of media) is that of the male-female couple. This pair-bonding is a phenomenon that exists to some degree in the natural world, but occurs most prominently in humans. The development of the pair-bond is one of the single most important aspects of human evolution, culture, and relationships as we understand them today. This behavior has driven human sociality, reproduction, and cultural development through evolutionary, physiological

Bourdieu introduction of this concept of cultural arbitraries can be found in the narration of the Doña Bárbara narrative: “Beneath Dona Barbara 's didactic narrative voice, which persistently seeks to establish unambiguous categories, lies an unsettling recognition of the instability of meanings” (Skurski 621). The instability of meanings is found in the actions of Santos, has he is violating accepted boundaries in the way of life for Altamira, under the influence of doña Bárbara: “Opposing forces

the title of sole creator of human life, Victor strips females of their primary role in the reproduction process- a role which females have historically derived cultural power from. In his pursuit to create life that “owes” its existence entirely to himself, Victor Frankenstein also endeavors to strip females of this cultural power by eliminating its source. Without the power that their role in the reproduction process affords them,

himself the title of sole creator of human life, Victor strips females of their primary role in the reproduction process- a role which females have historically derived cultural power from. In his pursuit to create life that “owes” its existence entirely to himself, Victor also endeavors to steal this cultural power from females by eliminating its source. Without the power that their role in the reproduction process affords them, the need for a feminine presence among society ceases to exist- thus making

The evolution of infanticide has been researched by many scientists. It has been found that infanticide evolved as a mating strategy fore males. (Boyko & Marshal, 2009). Boyko and Marshall (2009), explain that males will use infanticide when taking over a new group or for bonding with a new female. It is an adaptive strategy that males use to reduce the time they have to wait fore females to be able to have his offspring (Boyko & Marshall, 2009). Broom, Borris & Koenig (2004) explain a similar hypothesis