Microcultural incidents in ten zoos

Duration: 35

Year Published: 1971

Creator: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE ARTS

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Ray L. Birdwhistell demonstrates the context control method for comparative analysis of cross-cultural situations. Film excerpts portray the interaction of members of families with each other and with animals in zoos in England, France, Italy, Hong Kong, India, Japan, and the United States. Illustrates observer and cameraman biases in recording interactional data. Edited from a lecture given to the American Anthropological Association.

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