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Publication details [#2492]
D'Andrade, Roy Goodwin. 1984. Cultural meaning systems. In Shweder, Richard A. and Robert A. LeVine, eds. Culture theory: Essays on mind, self and emotion. Cambridge University Press. pp. 88–119.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
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Annotation
D. criticizes the treatment of cultural meaning systems as purely representational in character, and argues that meaning systems have directive and evocative as well as representational functions. The relationships between meaning systems, social structure, systems of material flow, and personality are discussed.