472 Pages
by
Routledge
472 Pages
by
Routledge
470 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book first published in 1971 offers a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour.
The study of symbolism is popular nowadays and anthropologists have made substantial contributions to it. Raymond Firth has long been internationally known for his field research in the Solomons and Malaysia, and for his theoretical work on kinship, economics and religion. Here from a new... Read more
I 1. An Anthropologist's Reflections on Symbolic Usage 2. A Question of Terms: Scope and Meaning of 'Symbol' 3. Development of Anthropological Interest in Symbols 4. Crystallization of Problems of Symbol Theory 5. Modern Anthropoligical Views of Symbolic Processes 6. Private Symbols and Public Reactions II 7 . Food Symbolism in a Pre-Industrial Society 8. Hair as Private Asset and Public Symbol 9. Bodily Symbols of Greeting and Parting 10. Symbolism of Flags 11. Symbolism in Giving and Getting 12. Symbol and Substance
Biography
Raymond Firth
