The analysis of culture in complex societies
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ethnos
- Vol. 54 (3-4) , 120-142
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.1989.9981389
Abstract
Field materials from North Bali are presented to question conventional anthropological conceptions of culture and common practices in its analysis. The author argues that there is a need for anthropology to reshape Us assumptions, particularly in response to recent reßexive and deconstructionist critiques. A revised set of assumptions is presented with regard to cultural meanings, sharing, positioning and function; and its fruitfulness in the analysis of cultural reproduction in Bali is explored.Keywords
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- Writing CulturePublished by University of California Press ,1986