On Key Symbols1
- 28 October 1973
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in American Anthropologist
- Vol. 75 (5), 1338-1346
- https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1973.75.5.02a00100
Abstract
This paper reviews the use of the notion of “key symbol” in anthropological analysis. It analyzes phenomena which have been or might be accorded the status of key symbol in cultural analyses, categorizing them according to their primary modes of operating on thought and action.Keywords
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