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 94
... [ phratry ] names . . . . The sun and moon and stars are said ... to belong to classes [ phratries ] just as the ... phratry are distributed among a certain number of clans ; likewise , the things at- tributed to each phratry are in their ...
... [ phratry ] names . . . . The sun and moon and stars are said ... to belong to classes [ phratries ] just as the ... phratry are distributed among a certain number of clans ; likewise , the things at- tributed to each phratry are in their ...
Page 99
... phratry are closely related both to each other and to the thing serving as the totem of this clan or phratry . When an Aus- tralian of the Port Mackay tribe says that the sun , snakes , etc. , are of the Yungaroo phratry , he does not ...
... phratry are closely related both to each other and to the thing serving as the totem of this clan or phratry . When an Aus- tralian of the Port Mackay tribe says that the sun , snakes , etc. , are of the Yungaroo phratry , he does not ...
Page 103
... phratries as totems are frequently repre- sented as in a perpetual war against each other ( see J. Mathews , Eaglehawk and Crow , a Study of Australian Aborigines , pp . 14 ff ) . In games , each phratry is the natural rival of the ...
... phratries as totems are frequently repre- sented as in a perpetual war against each other ( see J. Mathews , Eaglehawk and Crow , a Study of Australian Aborigines , pp . 14 ff ) . In games , each phratry is the natural rival of the ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
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