TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benedict,Ruth
AU  - Mead,Margaret
TI  - Patterns of culture
T2  - Sentry edition, 8
SN  - 0395083575
AV  - GN 506 B463p 1959
U1  - 572 
PY  - 1959/// [c1934]
CY  - Boston, Mass. : 
PB  - Houghton Mifflin
KW  - Culture
KW  - Cultura
KW  - Ethnopsychology
KW  - Etnopsicología
KW  - Etnología
KW  - Papúa Nueva Guinea
KW  - Zuni Indians
KW  - Indios Zunis
KW  - Kwakiutl Indians
KW  - Indios Kwakiutl
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Papua New Guinea
KW  - Dobu Island
KW  - Dobu Island (Papua New Guinea)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Isla Dobu (Papúa Nueva Guinea)
KW  - Vida social y costumbres
N2  - Published in 1934, Patterns of Culture is a foundational work in cultural anthropology. Ruth Benedict explores how cultures develop distinct patterns of behavior, values, and beliefs that shape the personalities and social dynamics of the people within them. She argues that each culture creates its own “personality,” a consistent style of thought and action that influences individuals and society at large.

Benedict challenges the idea that any culture’s way of life is inherently superior or universal. Instead, she shows how different cultures develop unique solutions to the problems of human life, resulting in diverse but equally valid patterns
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