Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.

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ascribed status

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Social standing or prestige which is the result of inheritance or hereditary factors (cf. Achieved status).

Large, labor-intensive farms that mostly produce fruit, sugar, fiber, or vegetable oil products for the international market. The laborers usually work for very low wages that keep them in poverty. ...

heterosexual

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

An individual who is sexually and/or emotionally attracted by members of the opposite gender from himself or herself. Heterosexuality generally refers to sexual interaction between members of the ...

selective agent

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Any factor that brings about differences in fertility and mortality.

cultural universals

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Cultural traits that are shared by all of humanity collectively. Examples of such general traits are communicating with a verbal language, using age and gender to classify people, and raising ...

dumb barter

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Barter without direct contact between the traders. Individuals from one group leave trade goods at a neutral location on the edge of their territory and then leave. Sometime later, members of the ...

hypodescent

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The criterion for assigning individuals to specific "races" based on only a distant hereditary relationship. The nazis used this criterion for labeling people as jews whose only connection with ...