Article ID: CBB001420541

El dibujante de límites: Franz Boas y la (im)posibilidad del concepto de cultura en antropología (2011)

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The history of anthropology has tended towards two extremes in its analyses of the works of Franz Boas: aggrandizement or underestimation. This disparity can be explained by the author's liminal relationship with two research approaches in anthropology: universalist theories (evolutionism, difussionism, racialism, etc.) and culturalist theories, prevalent between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. With this argument in mind, the article discusses the emergence of the Boasian concept of culture and endeavors to show how this concept proves both possible and impossible within the author's own work.

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Authors & Contributors
Morris-Reich, Amos
Baker, Lee D.
Alexa Geisthövel
Valentina Mann
Zumwalt, Rosemary Lévy
Teslow, Tracy
Concepts
Anthropology
Cultural anthropology
Science and race
Racism
African Americans and science
Culture concept (anthropology)
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Places
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Americas
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Spain
Institutions
Columbia University
Crystal Palace
American Museum of Natural History, New York
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