单词 | cultural anthropology |
释义 | cultural anthropologyn. The science or study of human society and culture, and its development. Cf. social anthropology n.‘Cultural anthropology’ is the more common term in the United States, with ‘social anthropology’ usually preferred in Britain. The terms tend to reflect a difference in emphasis between the two disciplines, with ‘cultural anthropology’ aiming to appreciate the whole sphere of human cultural life, by examining historical, political, psychological, and other frameworks. In practice, the disciplines coincide in many respects, and the terms are often used interchangeably. ΘΚΠ the world > people > science of mankind > [noun] > anthropology > cultural or social ethography1788 symbolics1850 agriology1878 social anthropology1881 culturology1920 cultural anthropology1938 psychographics1968 garbology1972 1878 O. T. Mason in Ann. Rec. Sci. & Indus 1877 256 Cultural Anthropology, or Comparative culture including the treatment of the following subjects: food, dwelling and other domestic structures, and their appurtenences; vessels and household utensils; dress and ornament; implements of war and the chase; implements of industry; means of locomotion; methods of measuring and valuing; {ae}sthetic culture in music, pastime and art; the family; the community; the government; and religion. 1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 121 In the domain of cultural anthropology confusion still prevails, owing to the fact that no principle of continuity has been applied to the cultural activities of primitive people. 1923 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. 6 Here..is the cause of the seeming preoccupation of social or cultural anthropology with ancient and savage and exotic and extinct peoples. 1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art xi. 242 The groupings recognized by physical anthropology do not coincide with those of cultural anthropology. 1976 U. Eco Theory of Semiotics 10 The idea that gesturing depends on cultural codes is now an acquired notion of cultural anthropology. 2005 Isis 96 95/1 Carneiro..then pauses to castigate those who rejected cultural evolution as the guiding theory for an emerging cultural anthropology. Derivatives ˌcultural ˌanthropoˈlogical adj. of or relating to cultural anthropology. ΚΠ 1925 Amer. Anthropologist 27 281 The value of social psychological and cultural anthropological studies is indubitably indicated. 2003 D. Hakken Knowl. Landscapes Cyberspace i. 25 The presumptions that underlie..both our cultural anthropological endeavors and those of our archaeological, physical anthropological, and linguistic cocommunicants. ˌcultural ˌanthroˈpologist n. a specialist or expert in cultural anthropology. ΘΚΠ the world > people > science of mankind > [noun] > anthropology > cultural or social > person ethologist1828 agriologist1875 social anthropologist1894 cultural anthropologist1911 culturalist1929 culturologist1943 1911 Amer. Anthropologist 13 619 There is much of interest and profit if not for the physical at least for the cultural anthropologist. 1992 Rev. Eng. Stud. 43 252 That one's personality and very self are inextricably linked with one's name, has been studied by modern cultural anthropologists in primitive societies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878 |
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