Elephant Woman: Cynthia Moss Explores the World of Elephants

by Laurence Pringle

Tradition is a central concept in the social sciences, but it is commonly treated as unproblematic. Dr. Boyer insists that social anthropology requires a theory of tradition, its constitution and transmission. He treats tradition "as a type of interaction which results in the repetition of certain communicative events," and therefore as a form of social action. Tradition as Truth and Communication deals particularly with oral communication and focuses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689801424
• ISBN13: 9780689801426
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7