Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Curandero

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A latin american folk curer. Cuanderos believe that they have received a divine calling to their profession, and they may have direct contact with the spirit world. They usually apprentice for years ...

Barter

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Trading goods and services directly for other goods and services without the use of money as a medium of exchange. See dumb barter.

Assimilation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The absorption of an individual or minority group of people into another society or group. This is achieved by learning and adopting the cultural traditions of the society to which assimilation ...

Aquatic foraging

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A specialised subsistence pattern that concentrates on fish and/or marine mammal hunting. Aquatic foraging is usually a far more reliable and productive strategy for obtaining food than the ...

Anti-miscegenation laws

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Laws prohibiting sexual intercourse and marriage between people of different "races".

Anticipatory sororate

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A cultural pattern in which some sexual permissiveness is allowed between a man and his wife's sister in anticipation of a future marriage between them. This is usually associated with sororal ...