Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Reciprocity

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

One of the three principles of exchange; governs exchange between social equals; major exchange mode in band and tribal societies.

Cultural blends, or mixtures, including religious blends, that emerge from acculturation, particularly under colonialism, such as African, Native American, and Roman Catholic saints and deities in ...

Cultural rights

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Doctrine that certain rights are vested not in individuals but in identifiable groups, such as religious and ethnic minorities and indigenous societies. Cultural rights include a group's ability to ...

Matrilocality

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Customary residence with the wife's relatives after marriage, so that children grow up in their mother's community.

Cultural imperialism

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The rapid spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others, or its imposition on other cultures, which it modifies, replaces, or destroys-usually because of differential economic or ...