Patterns of culture / Ruth Benedict ; [with a new foreword by Louise Lamphere].

Main entry:

Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948.

Title & Author:

Patterns of culture / Ruth Benedict ; [with a new foreword by Louise Lamphere].

Edition:

1st Mariner books ed.

Publication:

New York : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

Description:

xxiii, 290 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
"A Mariner book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.
The science of custom -- The diversity of cultures -- The integration of culture -- The Pueblos of New Mexico -- Dobu -- The northwest coast of America -- The nature of society -- The individual and the pattern of culture.

Summary:

[An] introduction to cultural studies, Patterns of Culture is [a] declaration of the role of culture in shaping human life. In this ... work … Ruth Benedict compares three societies -- the Zuñi of the southwestern United States, the Kwakiutl of western Canada, and the Dobuans of Melanesia -- and demonstrates the diversity of behaviors in them. Benedict’s … study shows that a unique configuration of traits defines each human culture, and she examines the relationship between culture and the individual. Featuring prefatory remarks by Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and Louise Lamphere, this ... work ... explores what it means to be human.--Back cover.

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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9780618619559 (pbk.)
0618619550 (pbk.)

Subject:

Culture.
Ethnopsychology.
Zuni Indians.
Kwakiutl Indians.
Ethnology Papua New Guinea Dobu Island.
Ethnopsychologie.
Zuñi.
Kwakiutl.
Ethnologie Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée Dobu (Île)
ethnopsychology.
culture note.
Ethnology.
Manners and customs.
Psychologische Anthropologie
Kulturvergleich
Ethnologie
Indigenes Volk
Zuni
Kultur.
Etnopsykologi.
Zuni (folk)
Kwakiutl (folk)
Etnologi Papua Nya Guinea.
Dobu Island (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs.
Dobu (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée : Île) Mœurs et coutumes.
Papua New Guinea Dobu Island.
Dobu Island
Zuni <Volk>

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279735
Call No.: BIB 215908
Status: Available

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