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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw-Hill ,
c2013
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| Edition: | 5th ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 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