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Small Places, Large Issues An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology, Third Edition

ISBN: 9780745330495 | 0745330495
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pluto Press
Pub. Date: 6/15/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
This concise introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture. The text provides a clear overview of anthropology, focusing on central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems, offering a wealth of examples that demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective. Unlike other texts on the subject, Small Places, Large Issues incorporates the anthropology of complex modern societies. Using ... MORE

Introduction to the third edition * 1. Anthropology: Comparison and Context * 2. A Brief History of Anthropology * 3. Fieldwork and Ethnography * 4. The Social Person * 5. Local Organisation * 6. Person and Society * 7. Kinship as Descent * 8. Marriage and Relatedness * 9. Gender and Age * 10. Caste and Class * 11. Politics and Power * 12. Exchange and Consumption * 13. Production, Nature and Technology * 14. Religion and Ritual * 15. Language andCognition * 16. Complexity and Change * 17. Ethnicity * 18. Nationalism and Minorities... MORE

Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. He is the author of numerous books, including Ethnicity and Nationalism, A History of Anthropology, Small Places, Large Issues and Tyranny of the Moment and Globalisation, all available from Pluto Press.


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