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Telecourse Student Guide for Faces of Culture
Telecourse Student Guide for Faces of Culture Author:Richard T. Searles, Valerie Lynch, Mari Womack Faces of Culture is designed according to the philosophy that culture as the expression of human values, behavior, and social organization exist in unique and varied forms throughout the world, in past and present times. The text attempts to document that diversity and demonstrate the inherent logicof each culture in light of the problems people... more » need to solve and the environments to which they must adapt. Although some of the behaviors and customs you will see may, at times, strike you as odd or unpleasant, we urge you to try not to make value judgments about the cultures under study but to look instead for the purpose and function of the behaviors or customs within the context of those cultures and their values.« less