Anthropological Other or Burmese Brother?: Studies in Cultural Analysis [Hardcover]

Melford E. Spiro (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0887384145 | ISBN-13: 978-0887384141 | Publication Date: January 1, 1991

The studies collected in this volume represent Spiro's contention that despite marked differences, non-Western peoples are "brother," not "other," and that the opportunity to construct a genuine cross-cultural science with commanding universals remains compelling.

Melford E. Spiro is the author.

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About the Author

Melford E. Spiro is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego, where he founded the anthropology department in 1968. Before that he taught at Harvard University where he founded the anthropology department. Among his works are Gender and Culture, Oedipus in the Trobriands, and Culture and Human Nature.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887384145
• ISBN-13: 978-0887384141
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,472,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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