Ethnology Overlaps with More Specific Disciplines, Such as Literature, Economics

question 23

Multiple Choice

Ethnology overlaps with more specific disciplines, such as literature, economics, or religious studies. What, then, is the distinctive feature of ethnology?

• A) It is interested in how these various aspects of life fit together.
• B) It focuses on non-Western variation in these areas.
• C) It compares these topics cross-culturally.
• D) Only ethnology studies these issues among people with no written language.

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