Core concepts in cultural anthropology

Designed for courses that make extensive use of ethnographies and other supplementary readings, this is a concise, accurate introduction to the basic ideas and practices of contemporary cultural anthropology. Not a standard textbook, Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology is more an annotated biblio...

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Main Authors: Lavenda, Robert H. (Author), Schultz, Emily A. [ (Emily Ann)] , 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill , c2013
Edition:5th ed
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300 |a xii, 276 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-268) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Anthropology -- 2. Culture -- 3. Language -- 4. Making meaning: worldview, religion, and art -- 5. The dimensions of social organization -- 6. Political anthropology -- 7. Economic anthropology -- 8. Relatedness: kinship and descent -- 9. Marriage and family -- 10. Globalization and the culture of capitalism -- 11. The anthroplogy of science, technology, and medicine -- 12. Theory in cultural anthropology 
520 |a Designed for courses that make extensive use of ethnographies and other supplementary readings, this is a concise, accurate introduction to the basic ideas and practices of contemporary cultural anthropology. Not a standard textbook, Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology is more an annotated bibliography of the terms and concepts that anthropologists use in their work. The book prepares students to read ethnography more effectively and with greater understanding 
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