The initial acceptance of this text was hindered by another work by its author that examined the way that some cultures integrate extreme behavior; that work is entitled "Anthropology and the Abnormal." This work's second chapter opens with a Digger Indian chief describing how his tribe's "cup of life" is broken, while its fifth chapter largely dra
The initial acceptance of this text was hindered by another work by its author that examined the way that some cultures integrate extreme behavior; that work is entitled "Anthropology and the Abnormal." This work's second chapter opens with a Digger Indian chief describing how his tribe's "cup of life" is broken, while its fifth chapter largely draws on Reo Fortune's research in New Guinea. This work describes a great (*) "arc" of human interests which different cultures chose from. Written while its author was editor of the Journal of American Folklore, it uses the Nietzschean concepts of Apollonian and Dionysian to contrast the Pueblo and other North American Plains Indians. Advancing the idea of cultural relativism, this work examines the Dobu and Kwakiutl Indians in addition to the aforementioned Zuni. For 10 points, name this seminal 1934 anthropological text by Ruth Benedict.
The initial acceptance of this text was hindered by another work by its author that examined the way that some cultures integrate extreme behavior; that work is entitled "Anthropology and the Abnormal."
Patterns of Culture