Patterns of culture /
For more than a generation this pioneering book has been an indispensable introduction to the field of anthropology. Here, in her study of three sharply contrasting cultures -- the Pueblos of New Mexico, the natives of Dobu in Melanesia, and the Indian tribes (chiefly the Kwakiutl) of the Northwest...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston,
Houghton Mifflin,
1961 [©1959]
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| Series: | Sentry edition ;
8. |
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| Summary: | For more than a generation this pioneering book has been an indispensable introduction to the field of anthropology. Here, in her study of three sharply contrasting cultures -- the Pueblos of New Mexico, the natives of Dobu in Melanesia, and the Indian tribes (chiefly the Kwakiutl) of the Northwest American coast -- Ruth Benedict first distinguished among Apollonian, Dionysian, and Paranoid emphases in culture, and put forward her famous thesis that a people's culture is an integrated whole, a "personality writ large." -- From publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 290 pages 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0395083575 9780395083574 |