Cultural Anthropology, chapter 3

The study of symbols or the theory of symbolism makes micro-study of the culture.

• True

• False

• Not Given

Symbols should be looked at in an abstract way and at meaning as constructed apart from human action.

• True

• False

• Not Given

(a)   studies the interrelationship between culture, language, and people (Fill in the blank)

______ states that symbols influence us and initiate social action.

• Clifford Geertz

• Victor Turner

• Mary Douglas

• Marcel Mauss

______ is one of the fields of study in Sociocultural Anthropology

• Anthropology of Symbols

• Cultural Anthropology

• Social Anthropology

• Sociocultural Anthropology

Sociocultural Anthropology is interested more in studying (a)   symbols. (Fill in the blank)

Thick-Description is a perspective created by (a)  

According to _______, the world is divided into categories (Fill in the blank).

• Margret Mid

• Mary Douglas

• Franz Boas

• Malinowski

From the Thick Description perspective, the explicit culture includes norms and values.

• True

• False

• Not Given

In her book "purity and danger", Douglas states that what we eat and don't eat depends on how the culture categorizes the food.

• True

• False

• Not Given