Anthropology › Section C · The culture concept › Topic C.4
Cultural groups and aggregates
Objects, practices and ideas rarely appear alone. They combine into larger units, symbols, rituals and social structures, and they are carried by groups at several levels at once, from a local community to a worldwide religion.
In this topic
- Putting the elements together
- Symbols as shorthand
- Symbols can be contested
- Ritual
- Rites of passage
- Worked example: a bat mitzvah
- Social structure
- Groups at many levels
- Worked example: one person's groups
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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