Anthropos: Anthropos, 61.1966

Anthropos, 61.1966

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Structure Type:: Journal

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

Persistent identifier:: BV043334262

Title:: Anthropos

Sub Title:: internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- u. Sprachenkunde

Place of Publication:: Fribourg

Publisher:: Ed. St. Paul

Year of Publication:: 1906

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Domain:: Social and cultural anthropology > General overview

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Structure Type:: Journal Volume

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711748

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711748

Persistent identifier:: 1510221115730

Title:: Anthropos, 61.1966

Year of Publication:: 1966

Call Number:: LA 1118

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Structure Type:: Journal Issue

Title:: Bd. 61, 1966, Heft 3-6

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Structure Type:: Journal Article

Title:: Cultural Flexibility: Myth and Reality

Other person:: Cook, Edwin A.

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Cultural Flexibility: Myth and Reality By Edwin A. Cook Contents Introduction 1. The Concept of Flexibility 2. New Guinea Conclusion Introduction J. H. M. Beattie remarked that any sort of description, “...does more than merely describe; it is also in some degree explanatory”. He further states that, “...any particular framework of explanation... [must be] ...subject to continuing revision and reformulation” (1959:49). The purpose of this paper is to bring together and examine some of the many usages of the term ‘flexible’, paying particular attention to its recent application in New Guinea. 1. The Concept of Flexibility In 1950, Embree published an article concerning what he referred to as the ‘loose’ social structure of Thailand compared with the more “closely woven social structure” of Japan (1950:182). Later, during the course of research among the Sinhalese, Ryan and Strauss were struck by the con cordance of their opinions with those of Embree. Where Embree’s presen tation was vague, impressionistic and unordered, Ryan and Strauss sought to bring definitions and clarity. They formed a working definition of structural ‘looseness’ in terms of three variants: the specificity of normative codes, the This paper was originally presented at the meetings of The American Ethnological Society in Pittsburgh, March 27-28, 1964. The research upon which this article is based was carried out under the tenure of a Predoctoral Fellowship MF-11, 543 and Research Grants M-4895 and M1-04895-02S1, from the National Institutes of Mental Health, United States Public Health Service.

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