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According to Pem Davidson Buck in her chapter in Decolonizing Anthropology, cargo cult discourse is  

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For Leslie White, the purpose of culture is to:

Like many theoretical trends or schools of thought, James P. Spradley’s approach was based on a critique of approaches found in previous scientific and legal approaches to alcoholics and homeless people. What was wrong with these models according to Spradley?

According to Marvin Harris, his theory differs from that of Marx because

Which of the following was an aim of the anthropology of Lévi-Strauss?

On what basis did Julian Steward oppose Boasian historical particularism, even though he had been trained by the Boasian A.L. Kroeber?

According to neo-evolutionists such as Julian Steward, the driving motor of cultural change could be found in  

Which of the following is true about British social anthropology?

What does the film “The Shackles of Tradition” show us about Franz Boas’s early life and early scientific career?