Emily A. Schultz, Robert H. Lavenda

Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology 8e

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The only brief cultural anthropology text specifically designed to prepare students to read ethnographies more effectively and with greater understanding, this is a concise introduction to the basic ideas and practices of contemporary cultural anthropology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9780197756515
• ISBN-10: 0197756514
• Artikelnr.: 71774544

Autorenporträt

Robert H. Lavenda is a professor of anthropology and chair of the Department of Anthropology at St Cloud State University. Emily A. Schultz is a professor of anthropology at St Cloud State University.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE
Chapter 1 Anthropology
1.1 An Anthropological Perspective
1.2 The Subfields of Anthropology
1.3 Is Anthropology a Science? Modernism, Postmodernism, and Beyond
1.4 Reflexive Anthropology
1.5 Moral Anthropology
Chapter 2 Theory in Sociocultural Anthropology?
2.1 Anthropology as Science?
2.2 Nineteenth-Century Approaches?
2.3 Early Twentieth-Century Approaches?
2.4 Mid-Twentieth-Century Approaches?
2.5 Late Twentieth-Century Debates?
2.6 New Directions in the Twenty-First Century?
Chapter 3 Culture?
3.1 Culture Against Racism: The Early Twentieth Century?
3.2 The Evolution of Culture?
3.3 Culture and Symbolism?
3.4 Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism?
3.5 The Boundaries of Culture??
3.6 The Concept of Culture in a Global World: Problems and Practices
3.7 Culture: Contemporary Discussion and Debate
3.8 Culture: A Contemporary Consensus?
Chapter 4 Meaning-Making and Language
4.1 Making Meaning?
4.2 Studying Language: A Historical Sketch
4.3 The Building Blocks of Language
4.4 Language and Culture
4.5 Language and Society
4.6 Discourse
4.7 Language Contact and Change
4.8 Meaning-Making and Art
4.9 The Anthropology of Media and the Arts
Chapter 5 Worldview and Religion
5.1 Religion
5.2 Myth
5.3 Ritual
5.4 Magic and Witchcraft
5.5 Religious Practitioners
5.6 Change in Religious Systems
5.7 Secularism, Fundamentalism, and New Religious Movements
Chapter 6 The Dimensions of Social Organization
6.1 What Is Social Organization?
6.2 Dimensions of Social Organization
6.3 Caste and Class
6.4 Race
6.5 Ethnicity
Chapter 7 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
7.1 Sex, Gender, and Feminism in the Twentieth Century
7.2 Sex, Gender, Race, and Class
7.3 Gender Performativity
7.4 Theoretical Diversity in Studies of Sex and Gender
7.5 Sex, Gender, and the Body
7.6 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
7.7 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Ethnographic Context
Chapter 8 Relatedness: Kinship, Marriage, Family, and Friendship
8.1 Kinship Versus Biology
8.2 Descent
8.3 Bilateral Descent
8.4 Unilineal Descent
8.5 Kinship Terminologies
8.6 What Is Marriage?
8.7 Whom to Marry and Where to Live
8.8 How Many Spouses?
8.9 Marriage as Alliance
8.10 Family
8.11 Divorce
8.12 Friendship
Chapter 9 Political Anthropology
9.1 Power
9.2 Political Ecology and Political Economy
9.3 Disputes and Dispute Resolution
9.4 Forms of Political Organization
9.5 Social Stratification
9.6 Forms of Political Activity
9.7 Social Control and Law
9.8 Nationalism and Hegemony
Chapter 10 Economic Anthropology
10.1 The "Arts of Subsistence"
10.2 Subsistence Strategies
10.3 Explaining the Material Life Processes of Society
10.4 Modes of Exchange
10.5 Production, Distribution, and Consumption
10.6 Mode of Production
10.7 Peasants
10.8 Consumption
10.9 The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
10.10 Politics, Economics, and the Anthropology of Development
Chapter 11 Globalization
11.1 The Cultural Legacy of Colonialism
11.2 Analyzing Sociocultural Change in the Postcolonial World
11.3 Globalization
11.4 The Cultural Effects of Contact
11.5 Globalization, Citizenship, and Human Rights
11.6 New Global Institutions
Chapter 12 The Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Medicine
12.1 Science and Anthropology
12.2 Anthropology, Science, and Technology
12.3 The Anthropology of Medicine
12.4 Human Health in Evolutionary Context
12.5 Human Health and Nutrition
12.6 Health and Human Reproduction
12.7 Sickness and Health in the Global Capitalist Economy
Appendix Reading Ethnography
The Parts of an Ethnography
The Use of Indigenous and Local Terms
The Photographs
Why Are You Reading This Ethnography (and How Should You Read It)?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX