Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology: A Critical Synthesis (Methodology and History in Anthropology, Band 26) - Softcover

Buch 6 von 22: Methodology & History in Anthropology
 
9781782380719: Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology: A Critical Synthesis (Methodology and History in Anthropology, Band 26)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 178238071X ISBN 13: 9781782380719
Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

The concept of "cultural transmission" is central to much contemporary anthropological theory, since successful human reproduction through social systems is essential for effective survival and for enhancing the adaptiveness of individual humans and local populations. Yet, what is understood by the phrase and how it might best be studied is highly contested. This book brings together contributions that reflect the current diversity of approaches - from the fields of biology, primatology, palaeoanthropology, psychology, social anthropology, ethnobiology, and archaeology - to examine social and cultural transmission from a range of perspectives and at different scales of generalization. The comprehensive introduction explores some of the problems and connections. Overall, the book provides a timely synthesis of current accounts of cultural transmission in relation to cognitive process, practical action, and local socio-ecological context, while linking these with explanations of longer-term evolutionary trajectories.

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Roy Ellen is Professor of Anthropology and Human Ecology at the University of Kent, Canterbury. His recent publications include On the Edge of the Banda Zone (University of Hawaii Press, 2003), The Categorical Impulse: Essays on the Anthropology of Classifying Behavior (Berghahn Books, 2006), and Nuaulu Religious Practices: The Frequency and Reproduction of Rituals in a Moluccan Society (KITLV Press, 2012). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a member of its Council. He was President of the Royal Anthropological Institute between 2007 and 2011.

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Verlag
Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
178238071X
ISBN 13 
9781782380719
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
394
Herausgeber
Ellen Roy, Lycett Stephen J., Johns Sarah E.
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