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• the golden bough (1890)
• “arm chair anthropology”
• Symbolism in magic
• Problem: evidence to fit theory
• Influence on Malinowski, Freud, European literature |
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(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 |
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(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 |
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(1858 – 1942)
• Cultural relativism
• 1883 geographic expedition to northwestern territories
• Language of American Indians
• 1904 |
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(1857 – 1942)
• First Participant observer (zuni, 1879 – 1884)
• Rote off current anthology and did it his own way |
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• Studied comparative practices of childhood socialization.
• Studied child raising in different cultures and its effects on personality and identity |
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