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Roy (Hrsg.) Ellen

Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology: A Critical Synthesis

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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 a… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Lycett, Stephen J. (Hrsg.) / Johns, Sarah E. (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-78238-071-9
  • EAN: 9781782380719
  • Produktnummer: 19535422
  • Verlag: Berghahn Books Inc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 392 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.1 cm 569 g
  • Reihenbandnummer: 26
  • Gewicht: 569

Über den Autor


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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