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The tapestry of culture : an introduction to cultural anthropology / Abraham Rosman, Paula G. Rubel.

Title
The tapestry of culture : an introduction to cultural anthropology / Abraham Rosman, Paula G. Rubel.
Author
Rosman, Abraham.
Publication
Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2004.

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Additional Authors
Rubel, Paula G.
Description
xxviii, 422 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
Ethnology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. R1-R18)
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Anthropological perspectives -- 2. The anthropological method -- 3. Language and culture -- 4. Learning language and culture : culture and the individual -- 5. Symbolic meanings -- 6. Ties that connect : marriage, family, and kinship -- 7. Gender and age -- 8. Production, distribution, and consumption : the economic organization of societies -- 9. Politics, government, law, and conflict -- 10. Religion and the supernatural -- 11. Myths, legends, and folktales: past, present, and future -- 12. The artistic dimension -- 13. The colonial and postcolonial worlds : globalization and the role anthropologists have played in directed culture change. -- 14. Migration, diasporas, and culture identity reasserted -- 15. Ethnicity, race, ethnic conflict, and nationalism: abroad and at home.
ISBN
0072830255 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2003051236
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library