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Annual Editions: Anthropology 09/10

ISBN: 9780073397832 | 0073397830

Edition: 32nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Pub. Date: 9/25/2008

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This Thirty-Second Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: ANTHROPOLOGY provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; and an online instructor's resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.

UNIT 1 Anthropological Perspectives Unit Overview 1.Before: The Sixties, Conrad Phillip Kottak,Assault on Paradise,McGraw-Hill, 2006 An anthropologist''s firstfieldworkis especially challenging since it involves living in a strange environment with people whose culture is stranger still. Yet, as Phillip Kottak describes such an experience in a small community in Brazil, the reward is a greaterunderstanding of and appreciation for another culture. 2.Eating Christmas in the Kalahari, Richard Borshay Lee,Natural History,December 1969 Anthropologis... MOREt Richard Borshay Lee gives an account of the misunderstanding and confusion that often accompanycross-cultural experience. In this case, he violated a basic principle of the !Kung Bushmen''s social relationsfood sharing. 3.Tricking and Tripping, Claire E. Sterk,Tricking and Tripping: Prostitution in the Era of AIDS,Social Change Press,2000 As unique as Claire E. Sterk''s report onprostitutionmay be, she discusses issues common to anthropologists wherever they conductfieldwork: How does one build trusting relationships with informants and what are theethical obligationsof an anthropologist toward them? 4.Anthropology and Counterinsurgency, Montgomery McFate,Military Review,March/April 2005 Countering the insurgency in Iraq requires cultural and social knowledge of the adversary. Yet, none of the elements of U.S. national power diplomatic, military, intelligence, or economic-explicitly take culture of the adversary into account in the formation or execution of policies. This gap in knowledge of culture has a simple causethe absence of anthropology within the national-security establishment. UNIT 2 Culture and Communication Unit Overview 5.Whose Speech Is Better?, Donna Jo Napoli,Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language,Oxford University Press, 2003 Although we cannot explicitly state therules of our language, we do choose to follow different rules in different contexts. Depending on the situation, we manipulate every aspect of language, from simple differences inpronunciationandvocabularyto the more complicated changes inphrasingand thesentence structure. 6.Do You Speak American?, Robert MacNeil,USA Today Magazine,January 2005 It is a common assumption that the mass media is making all Americans speak in a similar manner.Linguistspoint out, however, that while some national trends in language are apparent,regional speech differencesare not only thriving, but in some places they are becoming even more distinctive. 7.Fighting for Our Lives, Deborah Tannen,The Argument Culture,Random House, 1998 In America today, apervasive warlike tone seems to prevail in public dialogue. The prevailing belief is that there are only two sides to an issue and opposition leads to truth. Often, however, an issue is more like a crystal, with many sides, and the truth is in the complex middle, not in theoversimplified extremes. 8.I Can''t Even Open My Mouth, Deborah Tannen,I Only Say This Because I Love You,Random House, 2001 Since family members have a long, shared history, what they say in conversationthemessagesecho with meanings from the pastthemetamessages. The metamessage may not be spoken, but its meaning may be gleaned from every aspect ofcontext: the way something is said, who is saying it, or the very fact that it is said at all. 9.Shakespeare in the Bush, Laura Bohannan,Natural History,August/September, 1966 It is often claimed that great literature hascross-culturalsignificance. In this article, Laura Bohannan describes the difficulties she encountered and the lessons she learned as she attempted to relate the story ofHamletto the Tiv of West Africa in their ownlanguage. UNIT 3 The Organization of Society and Culture Unit Overview 10.Understanding Eskimo Science, Richard Nelson,Audubon,September/October 1993 The traditionalhunters''insights into the world ofnaturemay be different, but they are as extensive and profound as those of modern science. 11.The Inuit Paradox, Patricia Gadsby,Discover,October 2004 Thetraditional dietof the Far North, with itshigh-protein,high-fatcontent, shows that there are no essential foodsonlyessential nutrients. 12.Ties That Bind, Peter M. Whiteley,Natural History,November 2004 TheHopipeople offergiftsin a much broader range of circumstances than people inWestern culturesdo, tying individuals and groups to each other and to the realm of the spirits. 13.Playing Indian at Halftime, Cornel D. Pewewardy,The Clearing House,May/June 2004 The persistent use ofAmerican Indian mascots, logos and nicknamesin school-related events plays an important role in warping American Indian children''scultural perceptionsof themselves. Over time, suchstereotypeshave evolved into contemporaryracist imagesthat prevent millions of school-age students from understandingAmerican Indians'' past and present experiences. 14.Sick of Poverty, Robert Sapolsky,Scientific American,(December 2005) While it has long been known that people withlow socioeconomic statushavehigher disease risks and shorter life spans, new studies indicate that material deprivation may only be part of the explanation. Perhaps an even more important aspect has to do with thepsychosocial stressesthat go with their place in society. Unit 4 Other Families, Other Ways Unit Overview 15.When Brothers Share a Wife, Melvyn C. Goldstein,Natural History,March 1987 While the custom offraternal polyandryrelegated many Tibetan women to spinsterhood, this unusualmarriageform promoted personal security and economic well-being for its participants. 16.Death Without Weeping, Nancy Scheper-Hughes,Natural History,October 1989 In the Shantytowns of Brazil, the seeming indifference of mothers who allow some of theirchildrento die is asurvival strategy,geared to circumstances in which only some may live. 17.Arranging a Marriage in India, Serena Nanda,Stumbling Toward Truth: Anthropologists at Work,Waveland Press, 2000 Arranging a marriagein India is far too serious a business for the young and inexperienced. Instead, the parents make decision on the basis of the families''<

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