What does it mean to view culture as a form of text?

a) This is a way to learn the underlying facts about foreign practices.
b) This is a way of understanding the symbols associated with cultural practices and performances.
c) This is a way of reducing the study of other cultures to books and articles.
d) This is a way of avoiding the relativistic fallacy.


ANS: B

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