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Copyright: 04/03/2001
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Build your own awareness of cultures around the world with CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY! Emphasizing the issues of gender, stratification, ethnicity, globalization, and the similarities and differences among all cultures, this anthropology text provides you with the tools you need to succeed. Take advantage of ThomsonNOW, which saves you time and enhances your performance in the course through Pre-Tests, Personalized Study Plans and Post-Test materials.

Anthropology and Human Diversity

(18)

Specialization in Anthropology

(5)

Cultural Anthropology

(1)

Linguistic Anthropology

(1)

Archaeology

(1)

Physical or Biological Anthropology

(1)

Applied Anthropology

(1)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

A Little History

(1)

What We Learn from Anthropology: Understanding Human Differences

(4)

Ethnocentrism

(1)

Human Biological Diversity

(3)

Anthropological Approaches to Culture

(8)

Anthropology and Cultural Relativism

(1)

Emic and Etic Approaches to Culture

(1)

In the Field

Body Ritual Among the Nacirema

(2)

Anthropology in a Changing World

(1)

Globalization

Stone Age Tribes

(1)

Summary

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Internet Resources

(2)

Human Evolution

(30)

Darwin and Natural Selection

(3)

The Theory of Natural Selection

(2)

Evolution, Politics, and Religion

(1)

Humans and Our Nearest Relatives

(4)

Our Shared Ancestor and Common Characteristics

(1)

Primate Social Life

(1)

Globalization

Disappearing Primates

(1)

Tool Use Among Primates

(1)

The Evolution of Humans

(12)

Naming Names

(1)

Cultural Focus

There's Evidence!

(1)

The Earliest Human Ancestors

(1)

The Australopithecines

(2)

In the Field

Fossil Hunters

(2)

Homo habilis and rudolfensis

(1)

Homo erectus

(2)

Homo sapiens

(2)

Homo sapiens Culture

(2)

Human Variation

(8)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Forensic Anthropology

(4)

Summary

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Internet Resources

(2)

Doing Cultural Anthropology

(22)

Ethnography and Fieldwork

(1)

Ethnography in Historical Perspective

(9)

Globalization

Ethnographic Data in the Global Economy

(1)

Changing Directions in Ethnography

(2)

The Influence of Feminist Anthropology on Ethnography

(1)

In the Field

An Ethnographic Field Study in India

(4)

Special Problems in Contemporary Ethnography

(5)

Studying One's Own Society

(2)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Anthropologists Study the Use of Illegal Drugs

(1)

Ethical Considerations in Fieldwork

(1)

New Roles for the Ethnographer

(1)

Cross-Cultural Comparison

(6)

Summary

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Internet Resources

(2)

The Idea of Culture

(22)

Defining Culture

(1)

Culture Is the Way Human Beings Adapt to the World

(2)

Culture Is the Way Humans Organize the World

(3)

In the Field

Building a House in Northwestern Thailand

(2)

Culture Is the Way Humans Give Meaning to Their Lives

(3)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Culture and HIV

(1)

Culture Is an Integrated System---or Is It?

(2)

Culture Is a Shared System of Norms and Values---or Is It?

(4)

Globalization

Columbus

(2)

Culture Is Constantly Changing

(2)

Rethinking Culture

(4)

Summary

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Internet Resources

(2)

Language

(30)

Origins and Development of Human Language

(3)

Cultural Focus

Nonhuman Primate Communication

(2)

Characteristics of Language

(1)

Acquiring Language

(3)

The Structure of Language

100

(4)

Phonology

100

(2)

Morphology

102

(1)

Syntax

103

(1)

Semantics: The Lexicon

103

(1)

Language and Culture

104

(10)

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

104

(1)

Globalization

Endangered Language

105

(1)

Cultural Focus

Genderlects: Conversation Between Men and Women

106

(2)

In the Field

The Indian and the Whiteman

108

(1)

The Ethnography of Communication

108

(2)

Language and Dialects

110

(1)

Ebonics

111

(2)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Ebonics

113

(1)

Nonverbal Communication

114

(3)

Language Change

117

(6)

Changing Sounds

117

(1)

Changing Syntax

117

(1)

Changing Lexicon

118

(1)

Summary

119

(1)

Key Terms

120

(1)

Suggested Readings

120

(1)

Internet Resources

121

(2)

Learning Culture Throughout Life

123

(22)

Becoming a Social Person

123

(2)

Cross-Cultural Variation in Child Rearing

125

(5)

Cultural Focus

Culture and Personality Studies: An Historical Perspective

126

(2)

In the Field

Preschools in Japan, China, and the United States

128

(2)

Coming of Age in Cross-Cultural Perspective

130

(6)

Male Initiation Rituals

131

(2)

Female Initiation

133

(1)

College and Coming of Age in the United States

134

(2)

Learning Culture in Adulthood

136

(1)

Old Age

137

(3)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Medical Anthropology

138

(2)

Death and Dying

140

(5)

Summary

142

(1)

Key Terms

143

(1)

Suggested Readings

143

(1)

Internet Resources

143

(2)

Making a Living

145

(24)

Human Adaptation and the Environment

145

(3)

Globalization

Where's the Beef?

148

(1)

Major Types of Subsistence Strategies

148

(1)

Foraging

149

(2)

Pastoralism

151

(7)

In the Field

The Complex Strategy of Australian Foragers

152

(2)

In the Field

The Yarahmadzai of Baluchistan: A Pastoral Adaptation

154

(2)

In the Field

The Lua': Swidden Cultivators in Thailand

156

(2)

Horticulture

158

(1)

Agriculture

159

(3)

In the Field

Musha: A Peasant Village in Upper Egypt

160

(2)

Making a Living in the Industrial and Postindustrial Global Economy

162

(7)

Taiwan: Transition to Industrialism in the Global Economy

163

(1)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

A Successful Agricultural Intervention in Bolivia

164

(1)

Characteristics of Industrial and Postindustrial Society

164

(2)

Summary

166

(1)

Key Terms

167

(1)

Suggested Readings

167

(1)

Internet Resources

167

(2)

Economics

169

(26)

Economic Systems

169

(1)

Economic Behavior

170

(1)

Production

171

(7)

Allocating Resources

171

(4)

Organizing Labor

175

(3)

Distribution: Systems of Exchange

178

(17)

Reciprocity

179

(2)

Cultural Focus

The Kula Ring

181

(1)

Redistribution

182

(1)

Globalization

Redistribution Among Nations

183

(2)

Market Exchange

185

(2)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Doing Business

187

(1)

In the Field

Women and Labor in Urban Turkey

188

(3)

Summary

191

(1)

Key Terms

192

(1)

Suggested Readings

192

(1)

Internet Resources

193

(2)

Marriage, Family, and Domestic Groups

195

(24)

Functions of Marriage and the Family

195

(1)

Marriage Rules

196

(11)

Incest Taboos

196

(2)

Exogamy

198

(1)

Endogamy

199

(1)

Preferential Marriage Rules

199

(1)

The Levirate and the Sororate

200

(1)

Number of Spouses

200

(2)

In the Field

Polygyny: The Tiwi of North Australia

202

(2)

Choosing a Mate

204

(1)

Exchange of Rights and Goods at Marriage

204

(3)

Families, Domestic Groups, and Rules of Residence

207

(12)

The Nuclear Family and Neolocal Residence

208

(2)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Family Violence and the Cultural Defense

210

(1)

Composite Families

211

(1)

Extended Families

211

(1)

Globalization

International Rights of Children

212

(3)

Summary

215

(1)

Key Terms

216

(1)

Suggested Readings

216

(1)

Internet Resources

217

(2)

Kinship

219

(22)

Kinship: Relationships Through Blood and Marriage

219

(2)

Rules of Descent and the Formation of Descent Groups

221

(1)

Globalization

Kinship and Transmigration

222

(1)

Unilineal Descent Groups

222

(7)

Patrilineal Descent Groups

223

(1)

Matrilineal Descent Groups

224

(2)

Cultural Focus

Rules and Realities: Conflict over Inheritance in a Korean Village

226

(2)

Double Descent

228

(1)

Nonunilineal Kinship Systems

229

(1)

The Classification of Kin

230

(11)

Principles for Classifying Kin

230

(1)

Types of Kinship Terminologies

231

(1)

In the Field

Kinship Classification Systems in Action: A Comparison Between North America and North India

232

(5)

Summary

237

(1)

Key Terms

237

(1)

Suggested Readings

238

(1)

Internet Resources

239

(2)

Gender

241

(22)

The Cultural Construction of Gender

242

(2)

The Pioneering Work of Margaret Mead

242

(1)

Alternative Sexes, Alternative Genders

243

(1)

In the Field

The Hijras: An Alternative Gender Role in India

244

(1)

Cultural Variation in Sexual Behavior

244

(3)

Sexuality and the Cultural Construction of Gender

247

(2)

The Construction of Masculinity in Spain

247

(1)

Proving Manhood: A Cultural Universal?

248

(1)

Gender Roles and the Status of Women

249

(2)

Globalization

Female Circumcision: An International Human Rights Issue

250

(1)

Gender Relations: Complex and Variable

251

(12)

Challenging ``Man the Hunter''

252

(1)

Women and the Distribution of Power in Foraging Societies

253

(1)

Gender Relations in Horticultural Societies

254

(2)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Advocating for Women Workers in the Global Economy

256

(1)

Economic Development and the Status of Women

256

(2)

Technology and Gender Roles

258

(1)

Summary

259

(1)

Key Terms

259

(1)

Suggested Readings

259

(2)

Internet Resources

261

(2)

Political Organization

263

(24)

Social Differentiation

263

(1)

Egalitarian Societies

263

(1)

Rank Societies

264

(1)

Stratified Societies

264

(1)

Power and Social Control

264

(3)

Legitimate and Illegitimate Power

264

(1)

Formal and Informal Sources of Power

265

(1)

Law: Social Control and Conflict Management

266

(1)

Types of Political Organization

267

(1)

Band Societies

267

(2)

Leadership

268

(1)

Social Control and Conflict Resolution

268

(1)

Tribal Societies

269

(7)

Political Integration in Tribes

270

(1)

Leadership

271

(1)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Alternative Forms of Conflict Resolution

272

(1)

Social Control and Conflict Resolution

273

(1)

Warfare in Tribal Societies

274

(2)

Chiefdoms

276

(2)

Leadership

276

(1)

Social Control and Conflict Resolution

277

(1)

State Societies

278

(9)

The Rise of State Societies

278

(1)

In the Field

Wealth and Power in the Precolonial Asante State

279

(3)

Centralized Government

282

(1)

Globalization

Globalization and State Sovereignty

283

(1)

The State and Social Stratification

283

(1)

Summary

284

(1)

Key Terms

285

(1)

Suggested Readings

285

(1)

Internet Resources

285

(2)

Social Stratification in Contemporary Societies: Class, Caste, and Race

287

(22)

Explaining Social Stratification

287

(2)

Criteria of Stratification: Power, Wealth, and Prestige

289

(1)

Ascription and Achievement

290

(1)

Social Class in the United States

291

(2)

Globalization

A Touch of Class, Global Style

292

(1)

Caste

293

(5)

The Caste System in India

293

(1)

In the Field

Downward Mobility Among the Middle Class in the United States

294

(2)

The Dynamics of Caste

296

(1)

Changes in the Caste System

297

(1)

Stratification and Race

298

(11)

Racial Stratification in the United States

299

(1)

``Racial'' Minorities and School Achievement

300

(1)

Racial Stratification Systems: A Comparison of the United States and Brazil

301

(3)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Anthropologists Take a Stand Against Racism

304

(1)

Summary

305

(1)

Key Terms

306

(1)

Suggested Readings

306

(1)

Internet Resources

307

(2)

Ethnicity

309

(26)

Perspectives on Ethnicity

309

(3)

An Essentialist Perspective

309

(1)

A Constructionist Perspective

310

(1)

Constructed Ethnicity in the Sudan

311

(1)

Ethnicity and the Nation-State

312

(4)

How the Nation-State Shapes Ethnicity

313

(1)

The Nation-State and Ethnic Conflict

314

(1)

Ethnic Violence in Yugoslavia

314

(2)

Globalization

Refugees and Political Asylum: A Global Problem

316

(1)

Nation-States and Indigenous Peoples

316

(5)

The Imposition of Western Law

318

(1)

Saami Reindeer Herders and the Nation-State

319

(2)

Cultural Diversity and Ethnicity in the United States

321

(14)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Anthropologists as Advocates for Indigenous Peoples

322

(2)

Ethnicity and Immigration

324

(1)

The American Discourse on Immigration

325

(1)

Models of Cultural Diversity

326

(2)

In the Field

The New Chinese Immigrants in San Francisco

328

(3)

Summary

331

(1)

Key Terms

331

(1)

Suggested Readings

331

(2)

Internet Resources

333

(2)

Religion

335

(30)

What Religion Does in Society

336

(3)

Searching for Order and Meaning

336

(1)

Cultural Focus

Religion and Ecology

337

(1)

Reducing Anxiety and Increasing Control

338

(1)

Reinforcing or Modifying the Social Order

339

(1)

Characteristics of Religion

339

(9)

Sacred Narratives and Symbols

339

(1)

Globalization

A Mosaic of Religions

340

(1)

The World of Spirits and Sacred Powers

341

(2)

Cultural Focus

Aztec Human Sacrifice

343

(1)

Religious Rituals

343

(3)

Means of Addressing the Supernatural

346

(2)

Religious Practitioners

348

(4)

Shamans

348

(1)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Preserving Shamanism

349

(2)

Priests

351

(1)

Witchcraft and Sorcery

352

(2)

What Are Withchcraft and Sorcery?

352

(1)

Accusations of Witchcraft or Sorcery

353

(1)

Modern Witches, Wiccans, and Neopagans

354

(1)

Religion and Change

354

(11)

Religion and Resistance

354

(1)

Religious Nativism and Vitalism

355

(1)

In the Field

The Rastafari: Religion and Resistance to Domination

356

(2)

Religious Change in Native North America

358

(3)

Summary

361

(1)

Key Terms

362

(1)

Suggested Readings

362

(1)

Internet Resources

363

(2)

The Arts: Expressing Cultural Identities

365

(20)

Anthropological Perspectives on Art

365

(5)

The Artist in Society

366

(2)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Managing Native American Cultural Resources

368

(2)

Artistic Styles

370

(1)

Some Functions of Art

370

(5)

Art in Ritual: Controlling the Environment

370

(1)

Globalization

The World Beat of Music

371

(1)

Art and the Display of Cultural Themes

372

(1)

The Integrative Function of the Arts

373

(1)

Cultural Identity: Art, Power, and the Making of History

373

(2)

Deep Play as a Form of Art

375

(1)

The Balinese Cockfight

375

(1)

Representing the Other in Art

376

(3)

Orientalism in European Art: Picturing the Middle East

376

(2)

Representing Europeans: Performing the Conquest in Latin America

378

(1)

Marketing Cultural Identities Through the Arts

379

(6)

In the Field

The Arts, Tourism, and Cultural Identity Among the Toraja

380

(2)

Summary

382

(1)

Key Terms

383

(1)

Suggested Readings

383

(1)

Internet Resources

383

(2)

Cultural Change

385

(27)

The World in 1400

386

(1)

European Expansion: Motives and Methods

387

(4)

Pillage

387

(1)

Cultural Focus

Why the Natives Died: Diseases in European Expansion

388

(1)

Forced Labor

389

(1)

Joint Stock Companies

390

(1)

The Era of Colonialism

391

(6)

Colonizing the Americas

392

(1)

Colonizing in the Nineteenth Century

392

(1)

Making Colonialism Pay

393

(1)

In the Field

African Soldiers of Misfortune

394

(2)

Colonialism and Anthroplogy

396

(1)

Independence and Development

397

(15)

In the Field

Cargo Cults in Melanesia

398

(2)

Development

400

(1)

Multinational Corporations

401

(1)

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Development Anthropology

402

(1)

Urbanization

403

(2)

Globalization

The New 100-Percent American

405

(1)

Population Pressure

406

(1)

Instability

407

(2)

Summary

409

(1)

Key Terms

410

(1)

Suggested Readings

410

(1)

Internet Resources

411

(1)

Appendix A Brief Guide to Anthropological Theory

412

(7)

Glossary

419

(8)

References

427

(13)

Index

440

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