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Functionalism, participant observation, Trobriand Islanders

Cultural anthropology, coming of age in different cultures, gender roles

Structuralism, kinship and myth, binary oppositions

Cultural evolution, animism, definition of culture

Cultural relativism, four-field approach of anthropology, critique of scientific racism

Patterns of culture, configurations of culture, the Chrysanthemum and the Sword

Cultural anthropology, African-American folklore, ethnographic work

Interpretive anthropology, thick description, symbolic and interpretive approaches in anthropology

Social anthropology, Purity and Danger, grid and group theory

Cybernetic theory, systems thinking, ecology of mind

Social anthropology, work on Nuer and Azande, witchcraft and magic

Cultural materialism, explanation of cultural practices, 'Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches'

Symbolic anthropology, concepts of liminality and communitas, rituals and social change

Structuralism, kinship and myth, binary oppositions

Social anthropology, extended case method, ritual and rebellion

Rites of passage, life-crisis rituals, the concept of liminality

Structural functionalism, social structure, comparative method in social anthropology

Cultural areas, superorganic concept of culture, Ishi, the last Yahi Indian

Thick description, interpretative anthropology, the Balinese cockfight

Peasant societies, political economy in anthropology, 'Europe and the People Without History'

Structural functionalism, biological analogy for society, study of kinship systems

Colonial studies, power and intimacy, race and governance

Economic anthropology, the substantivist perspective, 'The Great Transformation'

Cultural complexity, transnational anthropology, globalization

Medical anthropology, critical anthropology, violence and human rights

Cognitive anthropology, ritual and religion, Marxist anthropology

Theory of practice, habitus and field, cultural capital

Cultural evolution, social systems theory, 'Primitive Social Organization'

Ethnic groups and boundaries, transactionalism, political anthropology