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Cultural Anthropology
ISBN: 9780131116368 | 0131116363
Edition: 12thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007
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This comprehensive volume reflects recent anthropological research and controversial developments, while integrating features in each chapter to spark and maintain reader interest. A focus on applied anthropology discusses the history and types in the United States and shows how the work of applied anthropologists is playing more of a role in the planning of possible solutions to various global social problems--including AIDS, disasters, homelessness, crime, family violence, and war. This book offers an introduction to anthropology, cultural va... MORE
(NOTE: All chapters conclude with Summary, Glossary Terms, Critical Questions, Internet Exercises, and Suggested Reading.)
I. INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY.
1. What Is Anthropology?
2. The Concept of Culture.
3. Theory and Evidence in Cultural Anthropology.
2. The Concept of Culture.
3. Theory and Evidence in Cultural Anthropology.
II. CULTURAL VARIATION.
4. Communication and Language.
5. Getting Food.
6. Eco... MORE
7. Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism.
8. Sex, Gender, and Culture.
9. Marriage and the Family.
10. Marital Residence and Kinship.
11. Associations and Interest Groups.
12. Political Life: Social Order and Disorder.
13. Psychology and Culture.
14. Religion and Magic.
15. The Arts.
16. Culture Change and Globalization.
5. Getting Food.
6. Eco... MORE
7. Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism.
8. Sex, Gender, and Culture.
9. Marriage and the Family.
10. Marital Residence and Kinship.
11. Associations and Interest Groups.
12. Political Life: Social Order and Disorder.
13. Psychology and Culture.
14. Religion and Magic.
15. The Arts.
16. Culture Change and Globalization.
III. USING ANTHROPOLOGY.
17. Applied and Practicing Anthropology.
18. Medical Anthropology.
19. Global Social Problems.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
18. Medical Anthropology.
19. Global Social Problems.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
