The tapestry of culture: an introduction to cultural anthropology /
Abraham Rosman and Paula G. Rubel
- 6th ed.
- Boston: McGraw-Hill, c1998.
- xv,394 p. ill. 24cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: The Anthropological perspective -- Rituals in small-scale and complex societies: A Contrast -- Language and culture -- Symbolic systems and meanings -- Culture and the individual: Learning language and learning culture -- Family, marriage and kinship -- Gender and age -- Provisioning society: Production, distribution, and consumption -- Political organization: Politics, government, law, and conflict -- Religion and the supernatural -- Myths, legends, and folktales -- The Artistic dimension -- Fourth world peoples in the colonial and postcolonial periods -- Anthropology for the twenty-first century: ethnicity, race, and nationalism -- Epilogue: End of a journey -- Suggested readings -- Glossary.