Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ethnologie.

Examples

  • If you're exploring the works of Clouet pere et fils, you'll enjoy the huge collection of Clouet portraits on the French government's website "Joconde": CATALOGUE DES COLLECTIONS DES MUSEES DE FRANCE Archéologie, beaux-arts, arts décoratifs, ethnologie, histoire, sciences et techniques.

    Unknown No Longer Julianne Douglas 2008

  • According to Hylland Eriksen, ethnology comes from the french ethnologie, and the distinction is between ethnographie: a description of society and culture, ethnologie: regional comparisons and anthropologie: The general comparative science of mankind, society and culture.

    thinking with my fingers Torill 2002

  • See, for example, Mary Douglas, “Deciphering a Meal”; Yvonne Verdier, “Pour une ethnologie culinaire”; Peter Farb and George Armelagos, Consuming Passions.

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

  • See, for example, Mary Douglas, “Deciphering a Meal”; Yvonne Verdier, “Pour une ethnologie culinaire”; Peter Farb and George Armelagos, Consuming Passions.

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.