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A. Hanson
Technology and Cultural Tectonics [PDF ebook]
Shifting Values and Meanings

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What impact has technology had on cultural meanings, values, and symbols? This anthropological exploration shows how technologies produce novel and sometimes jarring realignments among cultural institutions.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Technological Society 2. Honor Thy Father(s) and Thy Mother(s) 3. All in the Family 4. Prenatal Testing and its Discontents 5. The Frozen and the Dead 6. Time and Identity 7. Thinking in a New Key 8. Scales of Time and Space 9. Expansions

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F. Allan Hanson is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas, USA.

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Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 188 ● ISBN 9781137338365 ● Dateigröße 1.4 MB ● Verlag Palgrave Macmillan US ● Ort New York ● Land US ● Erscheinungsjahr 2013 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 3091296 ● Kopierschutz Soziales DRM

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