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"Culture" and Culture
Manuela Carneiro da Cunha
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Description for "Culture" and Culture
paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 163 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90.
Brazilian anthropologist Manuela Carneiro da Cunha examines here the complex meaning—and anthropological implications—of the word “culture” for indigenous peoples. Caneiro da Cunha explores the contradictions inherent in the interface between Western and traditional understandings of knowledge and intellectual property rights.
Distinguishing culture from “culture,” the latter being a reflexive awareness of one’s culture, Carneiro da Cunha then poses questions such as: What are the cognitive and pragmatic consequences when “culture” and culture coexist? She shows how the word “culture,” as used in the anthropological sense, is employed by indigenous people to distinguish the different interpretations and avoid contradictions. “Culture” ... Read more offers a concise and innovative anthropological study of a crucial issue faced by indigenous peoples the world over.
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Brazilian anthropologist Manuela Carneiro da Cunha examines here the complex meaning—and anthropological implications—of the word “culture” for indigenous peoples. Caneiro da Cunha explores the contradictions inherent in the interface between Western and traditional understandings of knowledge and intellectual property rights.
Distinguishing culture from “culture,” the latter being a reflexive awareness of one’s culture, Carneiro da Cunha then poses questions such as: What are the cognitive and pragmatic consequences when “culture” and culture coexist? She shows how the word “culture,” as used in the anthropological sense, is employed by indigenous people to distinguish the different interpretations and avoid contradictions. “Culture” ... Read more offers a concise and innovative anthropological study of a crucial issue faced by indigenous peoples the world over.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9780976147565
SKU
V9780976147565
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