Author: Samuel Alfred Barrett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cayapa Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Cayapa Indians of Ecuador
Author: Samuel Alfred Barrett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cayapa Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cayapa Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Ancestress Hypothesis
Author: Kathryn Coe
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813531328
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In our society it has long been believed that art serves very little social purpose. Evolutionary anthropologists, however, are examining a potential role for art in human evolution. Kathryn Coe looks to the visual arts of traditional societies for clues. Because they are passed down from previous generations, traditional art forms such as body decoration, funeral ornaments, and ancestral paintings offer ways to promote social relationships among kin and codescendants of a common ancestor. Mothers used art forms to anchor themselves and their kin to the father and his kin, and to promote the survival and reproductive success of kin and descendants. Individuals who abided by this strategy, accompanied by its strict codes of cooperation, left more distant descendants than did individuals who did not. Over time, given this reproductive success, large numbers of individuals would be identified as codescendants of a common ancestor and would cooperate as if they were close kin. These cooperative codescendants were more likely to survive and leave descendants. With each new generation these clans propagated not only their genes but also their behavioral strategy, the replication or presence of "art." The book concludes by examining the changing characteristics of visual art -- including a higher value on creativity, competition, and cost -- when traditional constraints on social behavior disappear. Book jacket.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813531328
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In our society it has long been believed that art serves very little social purpose. Evolutionary anthropologists, however, are examining a potential role for art in human evolution. Kathryn Coe looks to the visual arts of traditional societies for clues. Because they are passed down from previous generations, traditional art forms such as body decoration, funeral ornaments, and ancestral paintings offer ways to promote social relationships among kin and codescendants of a common ancestor. Mothers used art forms to anchor themselves and their kin to the father and his kin, and to promote the survival and reproductive success of kin and descendants. Individuals who abided by this strategy, accompanied by its strict codes of cooperation, left more distant descendants than did individuals who did not. Over time, given this reproductive success, large numbers of individuals would be identified as codescendants of a common ancestor and would cooperate as if they were close kin. These cooperative codescendants were more likely to survive and leave descendants. With each new generation these clans propagated not only their genes but also their behavioral strategy, the replication or presence of "art." The book concludes by examining the changing characteristics of visual art -- including a higher value on creativity, competition, and cost -- when traditional constraints on social behavior disappear. Book jacket.
Speech Surrogates. Part 2
Author: Thomas A. Sebeok
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110804425
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110804425
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Family
Author: David Cheal
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415226301
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
This international collection features the most influential scholarship published during the past few decades on the concept of the family and related issues. An invaluable resource for students and researchers alike, the four volumes cover the following themes: Vol. 1: Family Groups Vol. 2: Family and Gender Issues Vol. 3: Family Ties Vol. 4: Family and Society The scope offers an international range of material, and includes key work from the USA, Europe, Canada, Australia, and Asia.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415226301
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
This international collection features the most influential scholarship published during the past few decades on the concept of the family and related issues. An invaluable resource for students and researchers alike, the four volumes cover the following themes: Vol. 1: Family Groups Vol. 2: Family and Gender Issues Vol. 3: Family Ties Vol. 4: Family and Society The scope offers an international range of material, and includes key work from the USA, Europe, Canada, Australia, and Asia.
Magic: a Sociological Study
Author: Hutton Webster
Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Hidden Peoples of the Amazon
Author: Elizabeth Carmichael
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Icanchu's Drum
Author: Lawrence Eugene Sullivan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas
Author: Jan Onofrio
Publisher: American Indian Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 0937862282
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
DICTIONARY OF INDIAN TRIBES OF THE AMERICAS - Second Edition contains information on over 1,150 tribal nations of the entire western hemisphere, from the Aleuts of the Arctic region to Onas in southern Argentina and Chile. This is a contemporary work and its intention is to bring modern day insights to the consideration of the native peoples who populate the western hemisphere. Every effort has been made to include tribes that have not been extensively covered in other publications. Modern anthropologists and historians tend to agree that there is a basic homogeneity (cultural, social, biological, or other similarities within a group) among the native peoples of the Americas that need to be considered when any of the tribes are studied. The tribal entries were written by noted local, national and international historians and anthropologists.
Publisher: American Indian Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 0937862282
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
DICTIONARY OF INDIAN TRIBES OF THE AMERICAS - Second Edition contains information on over 1,150 tribal nations of the entire western hemisphere, from the Aleuts of the Arctic region to Onas in southern Argentina and Chile. This is a contemporary work and its intention is to bring modern day insights to the consideration of the native peoples who populate the western hemisphere. Every effort has been made to include tribes that have not been extensively covered in other publications. Modern anthropologists and historians tend to agree that there is a basic homogeneity (cultural, social, biological, or other similarities within a group) among the native peoples of the Americas that need to be considered when any of the tribes are studied. The tribal entries were written by noted local, national and international historians and anthropologists.
Bibliographie Internationale D'anthropologie Sociale Et Culturelle 1994
Author:
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415127820
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415127820
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.
United States Non-profit Organizations, Voluntary Agencies, Missions and Foundations Participating in Technical Assistance Abroad
Author: Technical Assistance Information Clearing House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technical assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technical assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description