The theoretical approach exhibited in the Marvin Harris inset on “Pig Lovers and Pig Haters” arguing that the natural conditions made pig-raising inefficient over the long-term is:
a. symbolic anthropology.
b. neo-evolutionism.
c. cultural ecology.
d. political ecology.
e. cultural materialism.
ANSWER: e
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