Patterns of Culture

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Patterns of Culture is a landmark 1934 anthropological book by Ruth Benedict that explores how different societies shape distinct cultural "patterns" of thought, behavior, and values.

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instanceOf anthropology book ⓘ
book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
academicDiscipline anthropology ⓘ
academicReception considered a classic in anthropology ⓘ
argues individual personality is shaped by cultural patterns ⓘ
no culture can be judged by the standards of another ⓘ
author Ruth Benedict ⓘ
caseStudy Dobu ⓘ
Kwakiutl ⓘ
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Zuni ⓘ
linked to: Zuni people
centralConcept culture as a configuration of traits ⓘ
each culture selects a limited segment of the arc of possible human behavior ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores how societies shape patterns of behavior ⓘ
how societies shape patterns of thought ⓘ
how societies shape patterns of values ⓘ
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
genre cultural anthropology ⓘ
hasInfluenced debates on nature versus nurture ⓘ
public understanding of culture ⓘ
hasTheme critique of ethnocentrism ⓘ
diversity of human cultures ⓘ
integration of cultural traits into patterns ⓘ
historicalContext interwar period ⓘ
influencedConcept cultural relativism ⓘ
culture-and-personality school ⓘ
influencedField American anthropology ⓘ
cultural anthropology ⓘ
psychological anthropology ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor bringing anthropological ideas to a broad audience ⓘ
popularizing the idea of culture as a coherent pattern ⓘ
publicationYear 1934 ⓘ
publisher Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor The Chrysanthemum and the Sword ⓘ
structure comparative analysis of three cultures ⓘ
subject comparative anthropology ⓘ
cultural patterns ⓘ
cultural relativism ⓘ
culture ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
personality and culture ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed early 20th century fieldwork ⓘ
usedIn university anthropology courses ⓘ

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