Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Large-scale society

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Generally, a society with cities, industry, intensive agriculture, and a complex international economy. Such societies have socio-economic classes and a government with hierarchies of officials. The ...

Latent functions

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Functions that are less apparent and more difficult to uncover (e.g., building a bridge to keep workers employed and provide a recognisable symbol of a city). See manifest functions.

Latino

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

In contemporary american usage, this is a person of hispanic ethnic identity. The feminine form of "latino" is "latina"?

Manifest functions

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Functions that are obvious and easily discovered even by strangers (e.g., building a bridge to get to quickly get across a narrow waterway). See latent functions.

Market economy

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

An impersonal but highly efficient system of production, distribution, and exchange that is principally characterised by: 1) the use of money as a means of exchange, 2) having the ability to ...

Marriage

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The socially recognised union of two or more people. It is a universal method of regulating heterosexual intercourse by defining who is acceptable as a sexual partner and who is not. Marriage ...

Matricentric family

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A nuclear family in which there is no continuing adult male functioning as a husband/father. This man is missing due to death, divorce, abandonment, or no marriage having taken place. In such ...