Postmodernists emphasize _______
a. solitary research by one ethnographer
b. the rejection of generalizing and developing predictable theories
c. a close relation to biology that focuses on cultures as a biological necessity
d. the extreme etic approach
e. the local people only, disregarding any kind of global effects
ANSWER:
b
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