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    Defining Culture
    Components of Culture
      E. B. Tylor, Franz Boas, Margaret Mead
      Cognitive processes
      Behaviors
      Material creations

    Cultural Processes
      Leslie White, Kroeber & Kluckhohn
    Blueprints
      Clifford Geertz and Ward Goodenough
    Additional Features of Culture
      Culture is Shared
      Culture Is Cumulative, Dynamic, Adaptive, and Diverse
      Culture is Integrated
    Ideal Culture and Real Culture
      Anthropology Around Us Cute Protein
    Subcultures and Ethnic Groups
      Subcultures
      Ethnic Groups
    Race
    Human Biological Variation—clines and plasticity
      Skin color clines
      Stature and plasticity
    Race as a Social Construct

    Culture in the Subfields of Anthropology
    Is the Culture Concept Valid?
    Summary
    Study Questions
    Suggested Readings







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