Cultural anthropology : a perspective on the human condition
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Cultural anthropology : a perspective on the human condition
Mayfield Pub. Co., c2001
5th ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-383) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This introduction to the major subfields of anthropology explores the interplay of biological and cultural forces shaping human nature, human society, and human history. Cultural creativity and human agency are seen as part of the human biological (evolutionary) heritage. This biocultural approach is evident throughout the text in the authors' consistent examination of both interpretive and materialist factors.
Table of Contents
1. The Anthropological PerspectivePart I. The Tools of Biological Anthropology2. Thinking about Evolution3. Microevolution and Macroevolution: Human Evolution in the Short and Long TermPart II. Primates and Human Evolution 4. The Primates5. Hominid Evolution6. The Evolution of Homo sapiensPart III. Cultural Evolution7. Studying the Human Past 8. After the Ice Age: Sedentism, Domestication, and Agriculture9. The Evolution of Complex SocietiesPart IV. The Tools of Cultural Anthropology10. Culture and the Human Condition11. Ethnographic Fieldwork12. History, Anthropology, and the Explanation of Cultural DiversityPart V. The Resources of Culture13. Language14. Cognition15. Play, Art, Myth, and Ritual16. WorldviewPart VI. The Organization of Material Life17. Social Organization and Power18. Making a LivingPart VII. Systems of Relationships19. Kinship20. Marriage and the Family21. Beyond KinshipPart VIII. From Local to Global22. Dimensions of Inequality in the Contemporary World: 23. The World System24. Anthropology in Everyday LifeBibliography * Credits * Index
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