Anthropological Theory: An Introductory HistoryA comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic and contemporary 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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 86
Page 137
... marriage and polyandrous marriages should be comparatively speaking rare . Similar considerations may also be made in regard to the philosophical views held by mankind . In short , if we look for laws , the laws relate to the effects of ...
... marriage and polyandrous marriages should be comparatively speaking rare . Similar considerations may also be made in regard to the philosophical views held by mankind . In short , if we look for laws , the laws relate to the effects of ...
Page 245
... marriage produced localized lineages . These bands sometimes tended to be compos- ite for two reasons . First , it was customary at marriage for the husband's band to furnish a woman who married a member of his wife's band . When no ...
... marriage produced localized lineages . These bands sometimes tended to be compos- ite for two reasons . First , it was customary at marriage for the husband's band to furnish a woman who married a member of his wife's band . When no ...
Page 540
... marriage ac- cording to which women live at their husbands ' villages after marriage . Its effect is sometimes to separate mothers from daughters by considerable distances . In the episode described , the women symbolize the matrilineal ...
... marriage ac- cording to which women live at their husbands ' villages after marriage . Its effect is sometimes to separate mothers from daughters by considerable distances . In the episode described , the women symbolize the matrilineal ...
Contents
Part | 5 |
CHARLES DARWIN AND ALFRED WALLACE On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties | 11 |
Outlook 18451846 | 67 |
Copyright | |
34 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History R. Jon McGee,Richard L. Warms No preview available - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
A. R. Radcliffe-Brown American analysis animals anthro anthropology argued avunculate Balinese band behavior believed biological Boas Boasian cattle ceremony clan cockfight cognitive colonial concubinage conflict context culture Darwin dominant Durkheim economic ence energy essay ethnographic ethnoscience European evolution evolutionary example existence fact Franz Boas functions Geertz gender Hanunóo human hunting ideas Ilongot important individual interpretation Julian Steward kinship Kroeber Kula Lévi-Strauss lineages linguistics living logical male Marx Marxist means ment milk tree mother's brother myth nations native nature Ndembu Nuer organization paragraph patrilineal pattern phratry political position potlatch primitive production psychological Radcliffe-Brown relations relationship ritual role semantic networks sexual social society sociobiology specific Spencer status structure symbols theory tion tive totem traits tribes Tsembaga tural ture turtle turtle hunting Tylor University village women