Social and cultural anthropology examines the myriad ways in which human societies organise themselves, create meaning, and negotiate change. It encompasses the study of social institutions, rituals, ...

[1.] Preface to "social anthropology": The scope of the subject -- Theoretical beginnings -- Later theoretical developments -- Fieldwork and the empirical tradition -- Modern anthropological studies - ...

Introduction, by R. Redfield.--Some problems of social organization, by S. Tax.--The Cheyenne and Arapaho kinship system, by F. Eggan.--Kiowa-Apache social organization, by J. G. McAllister.--An ...

Gananath “Obey” Obeyesekere, professor of anthropology, emeritus, died at his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 25. He was 95. An ethnographer of religion whose scholarship bridged the disciplines ...