The Tapestry of Culture with Free PowerWeb: Cultural Anthropology

by Abraham Rosman, Paula G Rubel

The Tapestry of Culture is a brief, affordable introduction to cultural anthropology, providing them a conceptual framework with which to read and understand both classic and contemporary ethnographies. This new edition maintains its symbolic conceptual approach with an emphasis on the arts and symbols of culture, including such chapters as “Myths, Legends, and Folktales” (Ch. 11) and “The Artistic Dimension” (Ch. 12), as well as a discussion of the relationship between language and symbolism.

Genres: Anthropology, History

Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[d9fqdfnka · Rating 4 out of 5]

page 284, on the individuality of artists in small scale societies - I think using the Yoruba culture to exemplify that individual artists are well known is a mistake, since they literally had kingdoms back then, so not small scale
page 297, "Only in Western societies were musical compositions written down", quite wrong!

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[Virginie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great textbook!! Easy to understand and very informative.