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HUMAN CULTURE: An Introduction to the Characteristics of Culture and the Methods used by Anthropologists to Study It—this page covers the topics, “What is Culture?”, “Characteristics of Culture”, and “Learning about and Understanding Cultural Behaviour”, and features flashcards, links and a glossary. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: An Introduction to Human Communication—this page includes the following: “Introduction”, “What is Language?”, “Analysis of Language”, “Learning Language”, “Language and Thought Processes”, “Hidden Aspects of Communication”—also features flashcards, links and a glossary. CULTURE CHANGE: An Introduction to the Processes and Consequences of Culture Change—this pages includes the following: “Overview”, “Process of Change”, “Acculturation”, “Global Change”—also features flashcards, links and a glossary. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION: An Overview of How We Create and Maintain Social Groups—this page includes the following: “Introduction”, “Status and Role”, “Non-kinship Based Social Groups”—also features flashcards, links and a glossary. PROCESS OF SOCIALIZATION: How We Acquire Our Cultures, World Views, and Personalities—this page includes the following: “Socialization”, “World View”, “Personality Development”, “Rites of Passage”—also features flashcards, links and a glossary. KINSHIP AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION: This extensive online tutorial, with notes, animated charts and a glossary, is possibly the most valuable student resource on the topic of kinship. NATURE OF KINSHIP: An Introduction to Descent Systems and Family Organization—this page includes the following: “Overview”, “Descent Principles”, “Descent Groups”, “Kin Naming Systems”—also features flashcards, links and a glossary. ETHNICITY AND RACE: An Introduction to the Nature of Social Group Differentiation and Inequality—this pages includes the following: “Overview”, “Nature of Ethnicity”, “Ethnic Identification Process”, “What are You?”, “World Diversity Patterns”, “American Diversity Patterns”—also features flashcards, links and a glossary. ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION: An Introduction to Folk Religion and Magic—this page includes the following: “Overview”, “Common Elements of Religion”, “Religious Leaders”, “Trancing in Religion”, “Magic and Religion”—also features flashcards, links and a glossary. PATTERNS OF SUBSISTENCE: Classification of Cultures Based on the Sources and Techniques of Acquiring food and other Necessities—this page includes the following: “Introduction”, “Foraging”, “Pastoralism”, “Horticulture”, “Intensive Agriculture”, “Comparisons”—also features flashcards, links and a glossary. ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: An Introduction to Systems of Distribution and Exchange—this page includes the following: “Introduction”, “Non-market economies”, “Distribution and Exchange” —also features flashcards, links and a glossary. SEX AND MARRIAGE: An Introduction to the Cultural Rules Regulating Sexual Access and Marriage—this page includes the following: “Overview”, “Marriage Rules”, “Residence Rules”, “Homosexuality”—also features flashcards, links and a glossary. |
