Boas introduced or called attention to several concepts that became important in American anthropology, such as "understanding" culture, cultural relativism, langauge as a model for culture, the importance of ideas and emotions as expressed by the individual, and others. We will look at how these concepts were creatively developed by other anthro- pologists such as Kroeber and Sapir. We will also see how Kroeber in particular attempted to broaden the scope of anthropological concep- tualization.
Kroeber, Alfred L. 1909. Classificatory Systems of Relationship. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 39:77-84 (reprinted pp. 19-28 in Kinship and Social Organization, ed. by Paul Bohannon & John Middleton. Garden City, NY: Natural History Press) (CFAL: GN490 B63 - on reserve) (3 copies on reserve)
Sapir, Edward. 1916. Time Perspective in Aboriginal American Culture, A Study in Method, pp. 1-54, 85-87. Canada, Department of Mines, Geological Survey, Memoir 90. Ottawa, ON: Government Printing Bureau (S/E: 557.1 C15m no. 90) (2 copies on reserve)
Kroeber, Alfred L. 1915. Eighteen Professions. American Anthropologist 17:283-288 (2 copies on reserve)
Kroeber, Alfred L. 1952. So-Called Social Science, pp. 66-78 in The Nature of Culture, by Alfred Kroeber. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press (orig. 1936) (3 copies on reserve)
Kroeber, Alfred L. 1948. Society and Culture, pp. 7-10 in Anthropology. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. (2 copies on reserve)
Kroeber, Alfred L. 1917. The Superorganic. American Anthropologist 19:163-213 (3 copies on reserve)
Sapir, Edward. 1917. Do We Need a Superorganic? American Anthropologist 19:441-447 (3 copies on reserve)
Sapir, Edward. 1924. Culture, Genuine and Spurious. American Journal of Sociology 29:401-429 (reprinted, pp. 78-119 in Culture, Language and Personality, by Edward Sapir Berkeley, CA: Univ. of California Press. 1949) (CFAL: GN402 S101 - on reserve) (3 copies on reserve)
Kroeber, Alfred L. 1944. Configurations of Culture Growth. Berkeley, CA: Univ. of California Press, pp. vii-viii, 3-27, 761-765, 838-846 (3 copies on reserve)
Kroeber, Alfred L. 1957. Style and Civilizations. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Press, pp. 1-27, 70-82, 149-160 (3 copies on reserve)
Recommended: Service - Chap. 16, pp. 229-250; Chap. 5, pp. 69-74
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