On Key Symbols<sup>1</sup>

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Authors

Sherry B. Ortner · Sarah Lawrence College

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.

Topics & Keywords

Whitehead's Philosophy and Applications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: American Anthropologist

Volume 75, Issue 5, pp. 1338-1346

DOI: 10.1525/aa.1973.75.5.02a00100

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