Chapter 3: Theory

Question 1

Define diffusion

Answer 1

Borrowing by one culture of a trait belonging to another as the result of contact between the 2

Question 2

Define neoevolution

Answer 2

White’s basic law of cultural evolution. A more advanced technology gives humans control over more energy (human, animal, solar, and so on) and cultures expand and change as a result

Question 3

Define postmodernism

Answer 3

Rejects “modernism.” It questions the whole enterprise of ethnography. People in power shape our reality, so we dont have a real reality.

Question 4

Explain feminist approach

Answer 4

Inclusion of women in culture. Study of women laws.