Culture Sketches: Case Studies in AnthropologyIntended to supplement intorductory/cultural anthroplogy courses, this text includes coverage of 13 different cultures. The format for each is basically as follows: a map places the culture in geographical context; a creation myth introduces the culture; a general introduction and history of the people follows; a socio-political analysis and/or an economic analysis is dicussed; and their religious belief-systems are examined. |
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animals Anthropology Azande Aztec Barth Basseri Bathurst Island begin behavior Berdan Betsileo birds Bosavi bridewealth brother calpulli camp cattle ceremony Chagnon child clan culture dance death economic elaborate ethnographer Evans-Pritchard exchange feast fish formal gardens gathering girls harvested herds host household human hunting husband illness important individual islands Kaluli Kapauku kinship Kiriwina Kottak kula Kung land lineage live longhouse maize male marriage married matai matriline meat Merina Mexica milk neighbors nomadic Nuer Ojibwa older Once one's oracle Organization Papuan Plateau person pigs Plains Ojibwa plants political polygynous Posposil pukamani relationship residence result ritual Samoan Schieffelin season segmentary lineage shamans shells skills social society soul spirit status subsistence Sudan supernatural taboos Talking Chief Tenochtitlan tents tion Tiwi tonowi trade traditional trees tribe Trobriand usually village wealth witch witchcraft woman women yams Yanomamo young