The promise of particularism and the theology of culture: Limits and lessons of "neo-Boasianism"

American Anthropologist

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 473-487

  Orta, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Area studies; Culture concept; Franz Boas; Multiculturalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344261657     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2004.106.3.473     Document Type: Review

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