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Cards Term James Frazer Definition • the golden bough (1890) • “arm chair anthropology” • Symbolism in magic • Problem: evidence to fit theory • Influence on Malinowski, Freud, European literature Term Malinowski Definition (1884 – 1942) • First ethnographer to write based on his own observations and experiences • Advocated learning the language rather than using translators • Ethnographic method: observation, interrogation, and participation • Goal: “to grasp the native point of view Term Louis Henry Morgan Definition (1818 – 1881) • Lawyer by profession, spent $25,000 to study native American kinship • Pioneered “the classificatory system of kinship” • Formed a club, Grand Order of the Iroquois Term Franz Boas Definition (1858 – 1942) • Cultural relativism • 1883 geographic expedition to northwestern territories • Language of American Indians • 1904 Term Frank Hamilton Cushing Definition (1857 – 1942) • First Participant observer (zuni, 1879 – 1884) • Rote off current anthology and did it his own way Term Margaret Mead Definition • Studied comparative practices of childhood socialization. • Studied child raising in different cultures and its effects on personality and identity