The ultimate authoritative resource for researchers and students, The Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology presents a state of the art overview of the subject - its methodologies, current debates, history and future.
The ultimate authoritative resource for researchers and students, The Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology presents a state of the art overview of the subject - its methodologies, current debates, history and future.
James G. Carrier is Hon. Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University, UK and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Indiana, USA . He is editor of Meanings of the Market (1997), and co-editor with Daniel Miller of Virtualism (1998).Deborah B. Gewertz is G. Henry Whitcomb Professor of Anthropology at Amherst College, USA.
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General IntroductionPART 1: ORIENTATIONSIntroduction1. Culture2. Power 3. Postmodernism4. Political economy5. MethodologyPART 2: ELEMENTSIntroduction6. Kinship7. Economy8. Politics9. Religion10. ExchangePART 3: ISSUESIntroduction11. Gender12. Development13. Ethnicity14. Migration15. Consumption16. Environment17. Globalisation18. Material Culture and ArtPART 4: REGIONSIntroduction19. Melanesia20. Africa21. Post-Socialist societies22. South Asia23. Amazonia24. The WestPART 5: CONTEXTIntroduction25. Research funding26. Enrolment and employment27. Applied & public anthropology28. Related disciplines29. EthicsBibliographyIndex
