CAS AN 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter Intro: Noble Savage, Clifford Geertz, Ethnography

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American anthro. (4 types: cultural/sociocultural (most dominant) describes, analyzes, & explains social & cultural similarities, arch. Reconstructs, describes, & interprets behavior & cultural patterns, through material remains: biological/physical focuses on human biology w/in framework of human evo, w/ an emphasis on interaction between bio & culture, linguistic focuses on relationship between language & culture. Early meaning tending to something (e. g. crops, animals, etc. : extended to human development. It keeps developing through time & different areas of the world. Culture should be plural (widely developed in the romantic movement as an alternative to the orthodox & dominant civilization) Used to emphasize national and traditional cultures incl. folk culture (new concept) & to distinguish between human & material development. Today"s meaning music, literature, painting & sculpture, & film and theatre. Ministry of culture refers to the above & incl. philosophy, scholarship, & history. A&e intro: culture by contrast & theory in anthro.

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