The Tapestry of Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

by Abraham Rosman, Paula G. Rubel

The most exciting thing about anthropology is that it enables the student to become acquainted with people of different cultures. The Tapestry of Culture provides the student with the basic concepts necessary to understand these different cultures while showing that cultural variations occur within certain limits. Though the forces of globalization have caused cultures of the world around us to become increasingly similar, the book shows that people nevertheless cling to ethnic identities, and their cultural distinctiveness.

Genres: Anthropology, History

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

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[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.