Enculturation/ Socialization and the Life cycle o The main agents of SOCIALIZATION (enculturation)-family, school, peer groups, the mass media, and the work (particular attention to gender socialization) The main stages of life cycle identified as: 1) infancy; 2)childhood and adolescence, 3) young and mature adulthood, and 4) old age Anthropological notions of "social birth and“ social person” Social death vs. biological deathEnculturation/ Socialization and the Life Cycle The main agents of SOCIALIZATION (enculturation) – family, school, peer groups, the mass media, and the work (particular attention to gender socialization) . The main stages of life cycle identified as:1) infancy; 2)childhood and adolescence, 3) young and mature adulthood, and 4) old age Anthropological notions of “social birth” and “social person” Social death vs. biological death