Anthropological Theory: An Introductory HistoryA comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological works. The commentary provides the background information needed to understand each article, its central concepts, and its relationship to the social and historical context in which it was written. |
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Page 488
... interpretation . For these beliefs sug- gest an element of mutual hostility in the mother- daughter relationship which runs counter to orthodox interpretations of the milk tree symbol- ism , in so far as it refers to the mother ...
... interpretation . For these beliefs sug- gest an element of mutual hostility in the mother- daughter relationship which runs counter to orthodox interpretations of the milk tree symbol- ism , in so far as it refers to the mother ...
Page 519
... interpretation and if that author's work is taken as an authoritative account , then all other voices and interpretations are silenced . Because everything is an interpretation in the postmodern view , the only way authors can generate ...
... interpretation and if that author's work is taken as an authoritative account , then all other voices and interpretations are silenced . Because everything is an interpretation in the postmodern view , the only way authors can generate ...
Page 536
... interpretations " support his “ defini- tive presentations . " ( It is perhaps for this reason that he insists on a final reading . ) Embedded in interpretation , his presentations limit reinterpre- tation . Ethnography closes in on ...
... interpretations " support his “ defini- tive presentations . " ( It is perhaps for this reason that he insists on a final reading . ) Embedded in interpretation , his presentations limit reinterpre- tation . Ethnography closes in on ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
Copyright | |
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