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.


B

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