John H. M. Beattie

Other Cultures (eBook, ePUB)

Aims, Methods and Achievements in Social Anthropology

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Other Cultures provides a lucid introduction to social anthropology. The author devotes the first part of the book to a consideration of what social anthropology is and seeks to do, what areas it covers, and the methods of investigation employed by social anthropologists. The second part discusses the major categories of research through which social anthropologies have advanced our knowledge of other cultures. These include marriage, kinship, political organization, law, economic and property relations, magic, religion, and social change. The final chapter surveys some of the contributions social anthropology has made to the understanding of other cultures. A short reading list follows each chapter.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134949090
• Artikelnr.: 38243831

Autorenporträt

John Beattie

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1
Chapter 1 Introduction and Background
Chapter 2 Social Anthropology and Some Other Sciences of Man
Chapter 3 What Social Anthropologists Study
Chapter 4 Explanation in Social Anthropology
Chapter 5 Beliefs and Values
Chapter 6 Fieldwork
Part 2
Chapter 7 Kinship
Chapter 8 Marriage and Affinity
Chapter 9 Social Control
Chapter 10 Social Control
Chapter 11 Economic and Property Relations
Chapter 12 The Field of Ritual
Chapter 13 The Field of Ritual
Chapter 14 Social Change
Chapter 15
Conclusion and Assessment