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Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World Plus NEW MyAnthroLab with eText -- Access Card Package

by: Miller, Barbara D.

Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World Plus NEW MyAnthroLab with eText -- Access Card Package

by: Miller, Barbara D.

ISBN 13:
9780205924769
ISBN 10:
020592476X
Edition: 3rd
Format: Package
Copyright: 06/17/2012
Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

Successfully integrating attention to globalization, gender, class, race and ethnicity, and the environment, this text engages students with compelling ethnographic examples and by demonstrating the relevance of anthropology. Faculty and students praise the book's proven ability to generate class discussion, increase faculty-student engagement, and enhance student learning. This book, based on Miller's full-length Cultural Anthropology text, will generate class discussion, increase faculty-student engagement, and enhance student learning. Material throughout the book highlights the relevance of anthropology to students and how they can apply in their careers. By entwining attention to key theories for understanding culture with an emphasis on relevance of anthropological knowledge and skills, this text is the perfect choice for introductory cultural anthropology courses. Note: MyAnthroLabdoes not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyAnthroLab, please visitwww.MyAnthroLab.comor you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MyAnthroLab(9780205249671)

Author Biography

In This Section:

I. Author Bio

II. Author Letter

I. Author Bio

Barbara Miller is Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, and Director of the Culture in Global Affairs (CIGA) Research and Policy Program, at The George Washington University. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from Syracuse University in 1978. Before coming to GW in 1994, she taught at the University of Rochester, SUNY Cortland, Ithaca College, Cornell University, and the University of Pittsburgh.

Barbara’s research has focused mainly on gender-based inequalities in India, especially the nutritional and medical neglect of daughters in the northern part of the country. She has also conducted research on culture and rural development in Bangladesh, on low-income household dynamics in Jamaica, and on Hindu adolescents in Pittsburgh.

Her current interests include continued research on India along with attention to the role of cultural anthropology in informing policy issues, especially as related to women, children, and other disenfranchised people.

She teaches courses on introductory cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, development anthropology, culture and population, health and development in South Asia, migration and mental health, and culture and security.

She has published many journal articles and book chapters and several books: The Endangered Sex: Neglect of Female Children in Rural North India, 2nd ed. (Oxford University Press 1997), an edited volume, Sex and Gender Hierarchies (Cambridge University Press 1993), and a co-edited volume with Alf Hiltebeitel, Hair: Its Power and Meaning in Asian Cultures (SUNY Press 1998). In addition to Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World, second edition, she is the author of Cultural Anthropology, fifth edition (Pearson 2008) and the lead author of Anthropology, second edition(Pearson 2008).

Barbara launched a blog in 2009 (anthropologyworks.com) which includes her thoughts on important findings and debates in anthropology, a weekly feature covering anthropologists in the mainstream media, and guests posts. You can also follow her via Twitter @anthroworks.

II. Author Letter

Dear Colleague,

Most cultural anthropology textbooks are pretty much the same over the years, with a few new photos and minor tweaks. But culture is changing all the time. Climate change means that longstanding livelihoods are endangered. New states are formed. Through new social media, people have more "friends" than ever before, and perhaps more friends than they can manage to maintain as "friends." Some languages die out, while some groups work hard to keep their languages alive. This is just to name a few.

This message is to let you know about some of the highlights of the 3rd edition of Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World. I think you will find it to be the most current, exciting, and engaging cultural anthropology textbook for your students.

Since the publication of the previous edition of Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World two years ago, several major events demand attention, including the earthquake in Haiti and the Gulf oil spill. Thanks to anthropologists who study such events and convey their findings to fellow academics and the public, we, as faculty, can better teach about culture in an ever-changing world.

One aspect of this revision that I very much enjoyed was incorporating new material that I learned about through my blog, anthropologyworks.com. I dedicate some time every day to scanning the media for any mention of anthropology to include in my weekly "anthro in the news" feature. Through this commitment, I learn about both "what's new" and "what's important" in anthropology. That learning enlivens Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World 3e in every chapter.

Other distinctive "Miller features" of this edition include:

• A thought-provoking box in each chapter called </inst> ‘AnthropologyWorks’ that<emphasis role="strong"> provides</emphasis> an example of how knowledge in cultural anthropology is used to prevent or solve social problems. For example, your students will be fascinated and inspired by the box describing Paul Farmer's work in providing health care in Haiti.

• Several new photographs arranged in pairs or trios, with linked captions, offer a mini-photo essay for students to ponder.

• Updates based on the latest research about how people seek health advice on the Internet, homelessness in the United States, texting and Textese, and oil-related environmental disasters.

· Several new Key Concepts distinguish my textbook from others and offer students connections with other courses they are taking: asexuality, corporate social responsibility, food security, sectarian conflict, and social justice.

· MyAnthroLibrary, new to this edition, offers selections of current, brief articles on engaging topics listed at the end of each chapter and available at no cost for students through MyAnthroLab.

I know that you want to get your students excited about cultural anthropology and help them see the relevance of it to their lives and careers. Therefore, you should choose my book! I appreciate your interest in the 3rd edition of Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World, and I would be grateful for any comments you might have about it.

Sincerely yours,

Barbara Miller

George Washington University

Email: barbar@gwu.edu

Blog: anthropologyworks.com

Twitter: anthroworks.com

Webpage: http://www.gwu.edu/~anth/who/miller.cfm

BRIEF CONTENTS

PART I INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
1 ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE STUDY OF CULTURE
2 RESEARCHING CULTURE

PART II CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS
3 ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
4 REPRODUCTION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
5 DISEASE, ILLNESS, AND HEALING

PART III SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
6 KINSHIP AND DOMESTIC LIFE
7 SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
8 POLITICAL AND LEGAL SYSTEMS

PART IV SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS
9 COMMUNICATION
10 RELIGION
11 EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

PART V CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CHANGE
12 PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
13 PEOPLE DEFINING DEVELOPMENT

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PART I

INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE STUDY OF CULTURE
THE BIG QUESTIONS
INTRODUCING ANTHROPOLOGY
    Biological or Physical Anthropology
ANTHROPOLOGY WORKS Orangutan Research Leads to Orangutan Advocacy
    Archaeology
    Linguistic Anthropology
    Cultural Anthropology
    Applied Anthropology: Separate Field or Cross-Cutting Focus?
INTRODUCING CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
    A Brief History of Cultural Anthropology
    The Concept of Culture
    Definitions of Culture
    Characteristics of Culture
• EVERYDAY ANTHROPOLOGY Latina Power in the Kitchen
    Multiple Cultural Worlds
    CULTURAMA San Peoples of Southern Africa
    Distinctive Features of Cultural Anthropology
    Three Theoretical Debates in Cultural Anthropology
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND CAREERS
    Majoring in Anthropology
    Graduate Study in Anthropology
    Living an Anthropological Life
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts
    Suggested Readings

2
RESEARCHING CULTURE
THE BIG QUESTIONS
CHANGING RESEARCH METHODS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
    From the Armchair to the Field
    Participant Observation
    AnthropologyWorks: What’s for Breakfast in California?
DOING FIELDWORK IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
    Beginning the Fieldwork Process
CULTURAMA The Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea
    Preparing for the Field
    Working in the Field
    Fieldwork Techniques
• EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT Inuit Place Names and Landscape Knowledge
    Recording Culture
    Data Analysis
URGENT ISSUES IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY RESEARCH
    Ethics and Collaborative Research
    Safety in the Field
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts
    Suggested Readings

PART II
CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS

3
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
THE BIG QUESTIONS
MODES OF LIVELIHOOD
    Foraging
• EVERYDAY ANTHROPOLOGY: The Importance of Dogs
    Horticulture
    Pastoralism
    Agriculture
    Industrialism and the Information Age

MODES OF CONSUMPTION AND EXCHANGE
    Modes of Consumption and Exchange
    Modes of Consumption
    Modes of Exchange
    ANTHROPOLOGY WORKS Evaluating Indian Gaming in California
GLOBALIZATION AND CHANGING ECONOMIES
    Sugar, Salt, and Steel Tools in the Amazon
    Alternative Food Movements in Europe and North America
    Continuities and Resistance: The Enduring Potlatch
    CULTURAMA The Kwakwaka’wakw of Canada
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts
    Suggested Readings

4
REPRODUCTION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
THE BIG QUESTIONS
MODES OF REPRODUCTION
    The Foraging Mode of Reproduction
    The Agricultural Mode of Reproduction
CULTURAMA The Old Order Amish of the United States and Canada
    The Industrial/Informatics Mode of Reproduction
CULTURE AND FERTILITY
    Sexual Intercourse
    ANTHROPOLOGY WORKS Studying Sexual Behavior Among MSM in New York City
    Fertility Decision Making
    Fertility Control
    Infanticide
PERSONALITY AND THE LIFE CYCLE
    Birth, Infancy, and Childhood
    Socialization during Childhood
    Adolescence and Identity
• CRITICAL THINKING Cultural Relativism and Female Genital Cutting
    Adulthood
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts
    Suggested Readings

5
DISEASE, ILLNESS, AND HEALING
THE BIG QUESTIONS
ETHNOMEDICINE
    Defining and Classifying Health Problems
    Ethno-Etiologies
    Healing Ways
• EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT Local Botanical Knowledge and Child Health in the
THREE THEORETICAL APPROACHES
    The Ecological/Epidemiological Approach
    The Interpretivist Approach
    Critical Medical Anthropology
GLOBALIZATION AND CHANGE
    New Infectious Diseases
    Diseases of Development
    Medical Pluralism
CULTURAMA The Sherpa of Nepal
    Applied Medical Anthropology
ANTHROPOLOGY WORKS Delivering Health Care in Rural Haiti
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts
    Suggested Readings

PART III
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 123

6
KINSHIP AND DOMESTIC LIFE
THE BIG QUESTIONS
HOW CULTURES CREATE KINSHIP
Studying Kinship: From Formal Analysis to Kinship in Action
Descent
• EVERYDAY ANTHROPOLOGY What’s in a Name?
CULTURAMA The Minangkabau of Indonesia

    Sharing
    Marriage
HOUSEHOLDS AND DOMESTIC LIFE
    The Household: Variations on a Theme
    Intrahousehold Dynamics
ANTHROPOLOGY WORKS Ethnography for Preventing Wife Abuse in Rural Kentucky
CHANGING KINSHIP AND HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS
    Change in Descent
    Change in Marriage
    Changing Households
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts
    Suggested Readings

7
SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
THE BIG QUESTIONS
SOCIAL GROUPS
    Friendship
• EVERYDAY ANTHROPOLOGY Making Friends
    Clubs and Fraternities
    Countercultural Groups
    Cooperatives
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
    Achieved Status: Class
    Ascribed Status: “Race,” Ethnicity, Gender, and Caste
CULTURAMA: The Roma of Eastern Europe
CIVIL SOCIETY
    Civil Society for the State: The Chinese Women’s Movement
    Activist Groups: CO-MADRES
    New Social Movements and the New Social Media
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts
    Suggested Readings

8
POLITICAL AND LEGAL SYSTEMS
THE BIG QUESTIONS
POLITICS, POLITICAL ORGANIZATION, AND LEADERSHIP
    Bands
    Tribes
    Chiefdoms
    States
SOCIAL ORDER AND SOCIAL CONFLICT
    Norms and Laws
    Systems of Social Control
    Social Conflict and Violence
• CRITICAL THINKING Yanomami: The “Fierce People”?
ANTHROPOLOGY WORKS Anthropology and Community Activism in Papua New Guinea

CHANGE IN POLITICAL AND LEGAL SYSTEMS
    Emerging Nations and Transnational Nations
CULTURAMA The Kurds of the Middle East
    Democratization
    The United Nations and International Peacekeeping
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts
    Suggested Readings

PART IV
SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS 187

9
COMMUNICATION
THE BIG QUESTIONS
THE VARIETIES OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION
    Language and Verbal Communication
ANTHROPOLOGY WORKS Narrating Troubles
    Nonverbal Language and Embodied Communication
    Communicating with Media and Information Technology
LANGUAGE, DIVERSITY, AND INEQUALITY
    Language and Culture: Two Theories
    Critical Discourse Analysis: Gender and “Race”
LANGUAGE CHANGE
    The Origins and History of Language
    Historical Linguistics
    Writing Systems
    Colonialism, Nationalism, and Globalization
CULTURAMA The Saami of Sápmi, or Lapland
    Endangered Languages and Language Revitalization
• CRITICAL THINKING Should Dying Languages Be Revived?

THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
Key Concepts
Suggested Readings

10
RELIGION
THE BIG QUESTIONS
RELIGION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
    What Is Religion?
    Varieties of Religious Beliefs
• EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT Eagle Protection, National Parks, and the Preservation of Hopi Culture
ANTHROPOLOGY WORKS Aboriginal Women’s Culture and Sacred Site Protection
    Ritual Practices
    Religious Specialists
WORLD RELIGIONS AND LOCAL VARIATIONS
    Hinduism
    Buddhism
    Judaism
    Christianity
    Islam
    CULTURAMA Hui Muslims of Xi’an, China
    African Religions
DIRECTIONS OF RELIGIOUS CHANGE
    Revitalization Movements
    Contested Sacred Sites
    Religious Freedom as a Human Right
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts
    Suggested Readings

11
EXPRESSIVE CULTURE
THE BIG QUESTIONS
ART AND CULTURE
    What Is Art?
• CRITICAL THINKING Probing the Categories of Art
    Studying Art in Society
    Performance Arts
    Architecture and Decorative Arts
PLAY, LEISURE, AND CULTURE
    Games and Sports as a Cultural Microcosm
    Leisure Travel
    CULTURAMA The Gullah of South Carolina
    CHANGE IN EXPRESSIVE CULTURE
    Colonialism and Syncretism
    Tourism’s Complex Effects
• ANTHROPOLOGY WORKS A Strategy on Cultural Heritage for the World Bank
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts
    Suggested Readings

PART V
CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CHANGE

12
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
THE BIG QUESTIONS
CATEGORIES OF MIGRATION
    Categories Based on Spatial Boundaries
• CRITICAL THINKING Haitian Cane Cutters in the Dominican Republic: A Case of Structure or Human Agency?
    Categories Based on Reason for Moving
    CULTURAMA The Maya of Guatemala
THE NEW IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
    The New Immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean
    The New Immigrants from Asia
    The New Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union
• LESSONS APPLIED Studying African Pastoralists’ Movements for Risk Assessment and Service Delivery
MIGRATION POLITICS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD
    Protecting Migrants’ Health
ANTHROPOLOGY WORKS Mapping African Pastoralists’ Movements for Risk Assessment and Service Delivery
    Inclusion and Exclusion
    Migration and Human Rights
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts
    Suggested Readings

13
PEOPLE DEFINING DEVELOPMENT
THE BIG QUESTIONS
DEFINING DEVELOPMENT AND APPROACHES TO IT
    Two Processes of Cultural Change
ANTHROPOLOGY WORKS The Saami, Snowmobiles, and Social Impact Analysis
    Theories and Models of Development
    Institutional Approaches to Development
CULTURAMA The Peyizan yo of Haiti
    The Development Project
DEVELOPMENT, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, AND WOMEN
    Indigenous People and Development
    Women and Development
URGENT ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT
    Life Projects and Human Rights
• EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT Oil, Environmental Degradation, and Human Rights in the Nigerian Delta
    Cultural Heritage and Development: Linking the Past and Present to the Future
    Cultural Anthropology and the Future
THE BIG QUESTIONS REVISITED
    Key Concepts

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