Understanding Cultures
Subtitle: Perspectives in Anthropology and Social Theory
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: March 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780292785168
Subjects: Bible - Hermeneutics; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Religion - Biblical Studies; Sociology
First sentence: Any time an author revisits old theoretical grounds in producing a new edition of a book it is a welcome opportunity to reflect on intellectual directions that he or she pursued over the years as well as the more general state of theory in contemporary anthropology and beyond.