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Cultural Anthropology (with Themes of the Times for Cultural Anthropology)
ISBN: 9780205467792 | 0205467792
Edition: 7thFormat: Package
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 5/11/2006
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Using a cultural materialist approach, the seventh edition ofCultural Anthropologyprovides a framework for explaining how the parts of sociocultural systems are interrelated and how they change over time. "Marvin Harris'lifelong commitment to a scientific anthropology shines through in this comprehensive and well-written textbook," praises one reviewer. Described as accessible, engaging, well-illustrated, and comprehensive, this text covers a wide range of Western and non-Western cultures for analysis and comparison. "Marvin Harris can continue... MORE
| Introduction | |
| The Five Fields of Anthropology | |
| What Is Distinctive about Cultural Anthropology? | |
| Why Study Anthropology? | |
| The Nature of Culture | |
| Definitions of Culture | |
| Society, Subculture, and Sociocultural System | |
| Science and the Relativity of Truth | |
| Fieldwork and the Mental and Behavioral Aspects of Culture | |
| ... MORE | |
| The Diversity of Anthropological Theories | |
| Cultural Materialism | |
| The Evolution of the Capacity for Culture | |
| Genes and Natural Selection | |
| Nonhuman Culture | |
| The Evolution of the Hominids | |
| Apes and Language | |
| Aggressive versus Cooperative Behavior among Apes | |
| Language and Culture | |
| Universal Features of Language | |
| Structural Linguistics: Elements of Language Analysis | |
| Biological and Cultural Aspects of Language | |
| Language Issues and Theories | |
| Sociolinguistics | |
| Production | |
| Evolution of Energy Production | |
| The Influence of the Environment and Ecology | |
| Carrying Capacity and the Law of Diminishing Returns | |
| Hunting and Gathering | |
| Agriculture | |
| Pastoralism | |
| Energy and the Evolution of Culture | |
| Industrial Food Energy Systems | |
| Reproduction | |
| The Relation between Production and Reproduction | |
| Population Pressure versus Population Growth | |
| Preindustrial Reproductive Practices | |
| The Costs and Benefits of Rearing Children | |
| The Contraception, Abortion, and Infanticide Debate | |
| Industrial Modes of Reproduction | |
| Women's Status, Education, and Fertility | |
| Economic Organization | |
| Definition of Economy | |
| Exchange | |
| Redistributive Exchange | |
| Reciprocity versus Redistribution | |
| The Infrastructural Basis of Redistribution and Reciprocity | |
| Stratified Redistribution | |
| Price Market Exchange: Buying and Selling | |
| Patterns of Work | |
| Domestic Life | |
| The Household and the Domestic Sphere of Culture | |
| Family Groups and the Mode of Production and Reproduction | |
| What Is Marriage? | |
| Economic Aspects of Marriage | |
| Preferential Marriages | |
| Domestic Groups and the Avoidance of Incest | |
| Descent, Locality, and Kinship | |
| Kinship | |
| Descent | |
| Descent Rules: Cognatic and Unilineal Descent | |
| Postmarital Locality Patterns | |
| Kinship Terminologies | |
| Kin Terms Are Negotiated, Not Written in Stone | |
| 10 | |
| Law and Or | |
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