Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural AnthropologyA revised and updated edition of this unique best-selling guide to social and cultural anthropology. |
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Page 65
... social structure and social organisation . The structure is the established pattern of rules , customs , statuses ... system ' has been used a great deal here with no further definition . It can be defined as a set of social relations ...
... social structure and social organisation . The structure is the established pattern of rules , customs , statuses ... system ' has been used a great deal here with no further definition . It can be defined as a set of social relations ...
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... social system as a set of social relationships which are created and re - created through regular interaction , it makes sense to say that the boundaries of the system lie at the points where interaction decreases dramatically . In a ...
... social system as a set of social relationships which are created and re - created through regular interaction , it makes sense to say that the boundaries of the system lie at the points where interaction decreases dramatically . In a ...
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An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology Thomas Hylland Eriksen. and value system . ' Untouchables ' ( now called Dalits , meaning ' the oppressed ones ' ) do not have a place in the varna system proper , but do belong to ...
An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology Thomas Hylland Eriksen. and value system . ' Untouchables ' ( now called Dalits , meaning ' the oppressed ones ' ) do not have a place in the varna system proper , but do belong to ...
Contents
Comparison and Context | 1 |
Fieldwork and Interpretation | 14 |
The Social Human | 30 |
Copyright | |
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