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I wasn't a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored my requirements. I think I was attracted to social anthropology because I liked to travel and was always interested in far-off places.
Darren Aronofsky

Meaning of "social anthropology" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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Social anthropology is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Social anthropology

Social anthropology is the dominant constituent of anthropology throughout the United Kingdom and Commonwealth and much of Europe where it is distinguished from cultural anthropology. In the USA, Social Anthropology is commonly subsumed within cultural anthropology. In contrast to cultural anthropology, culture and its continuity have been traditionally seen more as the dependent "variable" by social anthropology, embedded in its historical and social context, including its diversity of positions and perspectives, ambiguities, conflicts, and contradictions of social life, rather than the independent one. Topics of interest for social anthropologists have included customs, economic and political organization, law and conflict resolution, patterns of consumption and exchange, kinship and family structure, gender relations, childbearing and socialization, religion, while present-day social anthropologists are also concerned with issues of globalism, ethnic violence, gender...

Definition of social anthropology in the English dictionary

The definition of social anthropology in the dictionary is the branch of anthropology that deals with cultural and social phenomena such as kinship systems or beliefs, esp of nonliterate peoples.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

archaeology
astrology
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Synonyms and antonyms of social anthropology in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «social anthropology» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Find out the translation of social anthropology to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of social anthropology from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «social anthropology» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

社会人类学
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antropología social
570 millions of speakers

English

social anthropology
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सामाजिक नृविज्ञान
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الأنثروبولوجيا الاجتماعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

социальная антропология
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antropologia social
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সামাজিক নৃতত্ত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anthropologie sociale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antropologi sosial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sozialanthropologie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

社会人類学
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사회 인류학
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antropologi sosial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhân học xã hội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சமூக மானுடவியல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामाजिक मानववंशशास्त्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sosyal antropoloji
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antropologia sociale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antropologia społeczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

соціальна антропологія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antropologie socială
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

κοινωνική ανθρωπολογία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sosiale Antropologie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

socialantropologi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sosialantropologi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of social anthropology

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about social anthropology

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QUOTES WITH «SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word social anthropology.
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Darren Aronofsky
I wasn't a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored my requirements. I think I was attracted to social anthropology because I liked to travel and was always interested in far-off places.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY»

Discover the use of social anthropology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to social anthropology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Social Anthropology and Human Origins
This book places social anthropology in the context of a widely-conceived constellation of anthropological sciences. It incorporates recent findings in many fields, including primate studies, archaeology, linguistics and human genetics.
Alan Barnard, 2011
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The Craft of Social Anthropology
In this volume, anthropologists who have worked closely together for many years at the Rhodes- Livingstone Institute for Social Research, Lusaka, and/or in the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester, discuss within a ...
A. L. Epstein, 1978
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Social Anthropology
the obscurities of everyday speech and the obscurities of specialist jargon I would prefer to risk the lesser perils of everyday speech, for what social anthropology has to teach concerns everybody and not only those who study it professionally.
E.E. Evans-Pritchard, 2013
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Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology
Such an overt orientation, with elements of literal marxism, has recently come to expression in Western social anthropology. In 1971, in an attempt to infuse anthropological discussion with a greater sense of relevance for problems of radical ...
Maurice Bloch, 2013
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Society and the Dance: The Social Anthropology of Process ...
Presenting seven examples from Africa, Southeast Asia, Melanesia and Oceania, this study attempts to further the anthropological understanding of dance's social significance and critical relevance by exploring it as a reflection of social ...
Paul Spencer, 1985
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Educational Histories of European Social Anthropology
Aimed at professional anthropologists, their students and academic policy-makers, the contributions to this volume provide an unprecedented array of insights into the current teaching and learning of social anthropology across Europe.
Dorle Dracklé, Iain R. Edgar, Thomas K. Schippers, 2003
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Social Anthropology and Language
Providing a critical framework for the consideration of the relationship between modern social anthropology and linguistics, this volume covers topics such as classification, symbolism and structuralism.
Edwin Ardener, 2013
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The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology
There has been much discussion in recent years about the construction of theoretical models useful in the explanation of particular areas of social organization. This volume charts that discussion and its results.
Michael Banton, 2013
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The SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology
In two volumes, the SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology provides the definitive overview of contemporary research in the discipline. It explains the what, where, and how of current and anticipated work in Social Anthropology.
Richard Fardon, Oliva Harris, Trevor H J Marchand, 2012
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Social Anthropology: Canadian Perspectives on Culture and ...
This is the first introductory text that focuses on social anthropological research using Canadian examples and perspectives.
Edward J. Hedican, 2012

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term social anthropology is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jeremy Bernard to step down as White House social secretary
Kate Glassman Bennett is the author of POLITICO's gossip column, The KGB File, an insider's look at the social anthropology of Washington. Her first column will ... «Politico, Apr 15»
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Doctor who treated Siegfried Sasson 'pioneered' anthropology
“Modern anthropology is often seen as having begun in the 1920s, when ... Haddon, Rivers and Cambridge as the home of cutting-edge social anthropology”. «The Guardian, Nov 14»
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Applying Anthropology Concepts to Business Models
Under this wide umbrella, individual fields of study may include cultural anthropology, social anthropology, physical anthropology, and linguistics. These are the ... «Huffington Post, Sep 14»
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UQ's first social anthropology course launches on edX
Now you can as The University of Queensland is taking registrations for its first, free social anthropology Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on edX, a major ... «UQ News, Apr 14»
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Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss remembered
He became the chair of social anthropology at the College of France in 1959, a position he held until his retirement in 1982. His well-known work, "The Savage ... «CNN International, Nov 09»

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