Culture and society, twenty-four essays /
| Основен автор: | Murdock, George Peter, 1897- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
[Pittsburgh]
University of Pittsburgh Press
[1965]
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Съдържание:
- 1.
- Anthropology and its sister sciences:
- The science of human learning, society, culture, and personality
- Sociology and anthropology
- British social anthropology
- Anthropology and its contribution to public health
- 2.
- The nature of culture:
- The science of culture
- Fundamental characteristics of culture
- The common denominator of cultures
- 3.
- Dynamics of cultural change:
- How culture changes
- Cultural evolution
- Cultural relativity
- Changing emphases in social structure
- 4.
- Social organization:
- Double descent
- Cognatic forms of social organization
- Social organization of the Tenino
- Social organization of Truk
- Anthropology in Micronesia
- 5.
- Religion, ceremonial, and recreation:
- Tenino shamanism
- Rank and potlatch among the Haida
- Waging baseball in Truk
- 6.
- Cross-cultural comparison:
- Anthropology as a comparative science
- Comparative data on the division of labor by sex
- Family stability in non-European cultures
- Cross-language parallels in parental kin terms
- Political moieties.