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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... common with history than with the natural sciences . Although their view , considered something of a heresy at the time , has become commonplace since , there are still some anthropologists who feel that the subject should aim at ...
... common with history than with the natural sciences . Although their view , considered something of a heresy at the time , has become commonplace since , there are still some anthropologists who feel that the subject should aim at ...
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... common cause of feuds among many peoples . In societies where bridewealth is common and the agnatic kin group is strong , the levirate may occur . This means that a widow marries a brother of the deceased ( the levir ) , and in this way ...
... common cause of feuds among many peoples . In societies where bridewealth is common and the agnatic kin group is strong , the levirate may occur . This means that a widow marries a brother of the deceased ( the levir ) , and in this way ...
Page 147
... common in feminist scholarship and also in research on indigenous populations . Research on muted groups has nevertheless also shown that such groups , apparently powerless and marginalised , often develop their own strategies ...
... common in feminist scholarship and also in research on indigenous populations . Research on muted groups has nevertheless also shown that such groups , apparently powerless and marginalised , often develop their own strategies ...
Contents
Comparison and Context | 1 |
Fieldwork and Interpretation | 14 |
The Social Human | 30 |
Copyright | |
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