|
|
There are 11 summaries on Cultural anthropology.
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
summary from source:
 Sociocultural Anthropology Summary
4,173 words, approx. 14 pages
 In the United States, anthropology usually is considered to consist of four subdisciplines, or "subfields": archaeology (describing and understanding past human behavior by examining material remains), physical or biological anthropology... summary from source:
 Cultural Anthropology Summary
5,311 words, approx. 18 pages
 a major division of anthropology that deals with the study of culture in all of its aspects and that uses the methods, concepts, and data of archaeology, ethnography and ethnology, folklore, and linguistics in its descriptions and analyses of the... summary from source:
 Cultural Anthropology Summary
1,434 words, approx. 5 pages
Cultural anthropology is the study of the social practices, expressive forms, and language use through which meanings are constituted, invoked and often contested in human societies. The term cultural anthropology is generally associated with the... summary from source:
Connections To Sociocultural Anthropology Summary
1,288 words, approx. 4 pages
Although it is sometimes claimed that archaeology is ‘the past tense of cultural anthropology’ (Renfrew and Bahn 1991:9), the relationship between archaeology and sociocultural anthropology is actually rather complex and varies greatly... summary from source:
Social Anthropology Summary
1,075 words, approx. 4 pages
The term social anthropology began to be used for a branch of anthropology in the early twentieth century. Initially—when used, for instance, by James George Frazer—it described an evolutionist project. The aim was to reconstruct the... summary from source:
Anthropology, Ethnology, Folklore And Social History Summary
449 words, approx. 2 pages
In most of these countries (Britain is the main exception) †ethnology is the leading discipline which is concerned with own-society anthropological studies. In general terms, ethnology as a university subject, *museum profession and research... summary from source:
Cultural Anthropology Summary
133 words, approx. 0 pages
Branch of anthropology that deals with the study of culture. The discipline uses the methods, concepts, and data of archaeology, ethnography, folklore, linguistics, and related fields in its descriptions and analyses of the diverse peoples of the... summary from source:
summary from source:
summary from source:
summary from source:
 Cultural anthropology Summary
1,518 words, approx. 5 pages
Cultural anthropology is one of four fields of anthropology (the holistic study of humanity) as it developed in the United States. It is the branch of anthropology that has developed and promoted "culture" as a meaningful scientific concept, studied... 
View More Articles on Cultural anthropology
|
