Marvin K Mayers

A Look at Latin American Lifestyles (International Museum of Cultures Publication, 2) Marvin K Mayers 2nd edition

Describes Latin American lifestyles and value systems from an anthropological perspective.

Shares procedures to increase effective interpersonal relations: mutual respect, awareness of differences, and bridges of rapport. Looks at the family, values, status, and honor.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. First Impressions
2. Multisociety
3. Status
4. The Behavior of Status
5. Manliness and Female Honor
6. Marriage
7. The Family
8. Extensions of the Family
9. The Church
10. The Military
11. Government
12. The Woman
13. Activities
14. Values
15. The Economic Life
16. The Changing Scene in Latin America
17. The Agent of Change

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