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Understanding Culture : An Introduction to Anthropological Theory
Understanding Culture An Introduction to Anthropological Theory
Author: Philip Carl Salzman
Are cows sacred to Indian Hindus because they stand for nature and life, as symbolic analysts explain, or because they pull plows and fertilize the land, providing people with food, as cultural materialists argue? Do Muslim Sufi Orders incorporate the lower classes and stabilize the cultural status quo, as functionalists would assert, or are the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781577661795
ISBN-10: 1577661796
Publication Date: 3/13/2001
Pages: 173
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Publisher: Waveland Press
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