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"Unique and important . . . Patterns of Culture is a signpost on the road to a freer and more tolerant life." -- New York Times
A remarkable introduction to cultural studies, Patterns of Culture is an eloquent declaration of the role of culture in shaping human life. In this fascinating work, the renowned anthropologist Ruth Benedict compares three societies -- the Zuni of the southwestern United States, the Kwakiutl of western Canada, and the Dobuans of Melanesia -- and demonstrates the diversity of behaviors in them. Benedict's groundbreaking study shows that a unique configuration of traits defines each human culture and she examines the relationship between culture and the individual. Featuring prefatory remarks by Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and Louise Lamphere, this provocative work ultimately explores what it means to be human.
"That today the modern world is on such easy terms with the concept of culture . . . is in very great part due to this book." -- Margaret Mead
"Benedict's Patterns of Culture is a foundational text in teaching us the value of diversity. Her hope for the future still has resonance in the twenty-first century: that recognition of cultural relativity will create an appreciation for 'the coexisting and equally valid patterns of life which mankind has created for itself from the raw materials of existence.'" -- from the new foreword by Louise Lamphere, past president of the American Anthrolopological Association
Baskılar ve ISBN
- 1989
- Houghton Mifflin · İngilizce · 290 sayfa
ISBN 0395500885 - January 25, 2006
- Mariner Books · İngilizce · 320 sayfa
ISBN 9780618619559 - April 1973
- Houghton Mifflin Company · İngilizce
ISBN 9780395083574 - 1955
- Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag · Almanca · 232 sayfa
Künye
- Yazar
- Ruth Benedict
- İlk yayın
- 1934
- Yayınevleri
- Ju liu du shu gong si, Mariner Books, Shakai Shisōsha, Houghton Mifflin company, Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Sayfa (ortalama)
- 290
- Baskı sayısı
- 15
- Kaynak
- Open Library