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WorksheetsCultural Anthropology, chapter 3
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
The study of symbols or the theory of symbolism makes micro-study of the culture.
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Symbols should be looked at in an abstract way and at meaning as constructed apart from human action.
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(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.
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In her book "purity and danger", Douglas states that what we eat and don't eat depends on how the culture categorizes the food.
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