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Social and Cultural Anthropology

Social and cultural anthropology examines the myriad ways in which human societies organise themselves, create meaning, and negotiate change. It encompasses the study of social institutions, rituals, ...
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Social anthropology and human origins / Alan Barnard

If chimps could talk -- Fossils and what they tell us -- Group size and settlement -- Teaching, sharing and exchange -- Origins of language and symbolism -- Elementary structures of kinship -- A new ...
University of Delaware

Peter Benson

Peter Benson, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist who teaches courses on culture, film, capitalism, social theory, and ethnography. He received a Ph.D. in social anthropology from Harvard University ...
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Social anthropology of North American tribes, by Fred Eggan [and others] Fred Eggan, editor

Introduction, by R. Redfield.--Some problems of social organization, by S. Tax.--The Cheyenne and Arapaho kinship system, by F. Eggan.--Kiowa-Apache social organization, by J. G. McAllister.--An ...
Princeton University

Gananath Obeyesekere, an anthropologist of religion and ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 95

Gananath “Obey” Obeyesekere, professor of anthropology, emeritus, died at his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 25. He was 95. An ethnographer of religion whose scholarship bridged the disciplines ...