American anthropology : papers from the American anthropologist
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American anthropology : papers from the American anthropologist
University of Nebraska Press, c1960-c2002
- 1888-1920
- 1921-1945
- 1946-1970
- 1971-1995
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American anthropologist
Available at 6 libraries
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1921-1945382.53/A016000309286, 1946-1970382.53/A016000309287, 1971-1995382.53/A016000309288 -
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1921-1945: edited and with an introduction by George W. Stocking, Jr.
1946-1970: edited and with an introduction by Robert F. Murphy
1971-1995: edited and with an introduction by Regna Darnell
1971-1995: "American Anthropological Association, Arlingon, Va.", " University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London" -- T.p.
Description and Table of Contents
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1971-1995 ISBN 9780803266353
Description
American anthropology in the late twentieth century interrogated and depicted the worlds of others, past and present, in subtle and incisive ways while increasingly questioning its own authority to do so. Marxist, symbolic, and structuralist thought shaped the fieldwork and conclusions of many researchers around the globe. Practicing anthropology blossomed and grew rapidly as a subdiscipline in its own right. There emerged a keener appreciation of both the history of the discipline and the histories of those studied. Archaeologists witnessed a resurgence of interest in the concept of culture. The American Anthropologist also made systematic efforts to represent the field as a whole, with biological anthropology and linguistics particularly adept at crossing subdiscipline boundaries. Proliferation of specialized areas within sociocultural anthropology encouraged work across the subdisciplines. The thirty selections in this volume reflect the notable trends and accomplishments in American anthropology during the closing decades of the millennium. An introduction by Regna Darnell offers a historical background and critical context that enable readers to better understand the changes and continuity in American anthropology during this time.
Table of Contents
Editor's Introduction Regna Darnell Ritual, Sanctity and Cybernetics Roy A. Rappaport Brazilian Racial Terms: Some Aspects of Meaning and Learning Roger Sanjek The Potlatch: A Structural Analysis Abraham Rosman and Paula G. Rubel Prejudice and Its Intellectual Effect in American Anthropology: An Ethnographic Report Francis L. K. Hsu On Key Symbols Sherry B. Ortner Sheep in Navajo Culture and Social Organization Gary Witherspoon Verbal Art as Performance Richard Bauman World Picture, Anthropological Frame Robert McC. Adams The Anthropologist as Expert Witness Lawrence Rosen Whatever Happened to the Id? Melford E. Spiro Linguistic Knowledge and Cultural Knowledge: Some Doubts and Speculations Roger M. Keesing Tibetan Fraternal Polyandry: A Test of Sociobiological Theory Cynthia M. Beall and Melvyn C. Goldstein The Golden Marshalltown: A Parable for the Archeology of the 1980s Kent V. Flannery Types Distinct from Our Own: Franz Boas on Jewish Identity and Assimilation Leonard B. Glick Other Times, Other Customs: The Anthropology of History Marshall Sahlins Anti Anti-Relativism Clifford Geertz Hominoid Evolution and Hominoid Origins David Pilbeam Culture as Consensus: A Theory of Culture and Informant Accuracy Kimball Romney, Susan C. Weller, and William H. Batchelder A Discourse-Centered Approach to Language and Culture Joel Sherzer Knowledge, Power, and the Individual in Subarctic Hunting Societies Robin Ridington Theories of Social Honor Elvin Hatch Kalapalo Biography: Psychology and Language in a South American Oral History Ellen B. Basso Facing Power--Old Insights, New Questions Eric R. Wolf Evolution of the Human Capacity for Beliefs Ward H. Goodenough Art, Science, or Politics? The Crisis in Hunter-Gatherer Studies Richard B. Lee Empowering Place: Multilocality and Multivocality Margaret C. Rodman Contested Pasts and the Practice of Anthropology Jonathan D. Hill "Our Ancestors the Gauls": Archaeology, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Manipulation of Celtic Identity in Modern Europe Michael Dietler How Native Is a "Native" Anthropologist? Kirin Narayan Archaeology, Anthropology, and the Culture Concept Patty Jo Watson
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1888-1920 ISBN 9780803280083
Description
The formative years of American anthropology were characterized by intellectual energy and excitement, the identification of key interpretive issues, and the beginnings of a prodigious amount of fieldwork and recording. The American Anthropological Association (AAA) was born as anthropology emerged as a formal discipline with specialized subfields; fieldwork among Native communities proliferated across North America, yielding a wealth of ethnographic information that began to surface in the flagship journal, the American Anthropologist; and researchers increasingly debated and probed deeper into the roots and significance of ritual, myth, language, social organization, and the physical make-up and prehistory of Native Americans. The fifty-five selections in this volume represent the interests of and accomplishments in American anthropology from the establishment of the American Anthropologist through World War I. The articles in their entirety showcase the state of the subfields of anthropology-archaeology, linguistics, physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology-as they were imagined and practiced at the dawn of the twentieth century. Examples of important ethnographic accounts and interpretive debates are also included. Introducing this collection is a historical overview of the beginnings of American anthropology by A. Irving Hallowell, a former president of the AAA.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The Beginnings of Anthropology in America A. Irving Hallowell
- I. The Development of Anthropology
- The Nomenclature and Teaching of Anthropology Daniel G. Brinton
- Comment by J. W. Powell
- The World's Fair Congress of Anthropology W. H. Holmes
- Recent Progress in American Anthropology Obituary of John Wesley Powell
- Obituary of Frederic Ward Putnam A. L. Kroeber
- II. American Indian Origins
- The Views of Alfred R. Wallace on the Antiquity of Man in North America
- Stone Art in America J. W. Powell
- The Problems of the Unity or Plurality and the Probable Place of Origin of the American Aborigines: A Symposium
- III. American Archeology
- The Prehistoric Culture of Tusayan J. Walter Fewkes
- A Revival of the Ancient Hopi Pottery Art Walter Hough
- Some Aspects of North American Archeology Roland B. Dixon
- The Relation of Archeology to Ethnology W. H. Holmes, George Grant MacCurdy, Berthold Laufer
- Chronology of the Tano Ruins, New Mexico N. C. Nelson
- IV. Physical Anthropology
- Physical Anthropology in America: An Historical Sketch Ale' Hrdlicka
- Dermal Topography: A Correspondence Francis Galton and O. T. Mason
- Physical Characteristics of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast Franz Boas
- Aboriginal Trephining in Bolivia Adolph F. Bandelier
- Note on the Molar Teeth of the Piltdown Mandible William K. Gregory
- V. Language
- The Present Condition of Our Knowledge of North American Languages Pliny Earle Goddard
- On Alternating Sounds Franz Boas
- Preliminary Report on the Language and Mythology of the Upper Chinook Edward Sapir
- Numeral Systems of the Languages of California Roland B. Dixon and A. L. Kroeber
- Language and Environment Edward Sapir
- VI. Ethnography
- 1. Ethnographic Sketches
- The Navajo A. M. Stephen
- The Chukchi of Northeastern Asia Waldemar Bogoras
- Preliminary Sketch of the Mohave Indians A. L. Kroeber
- Notes on the Indians of Maryland, 1705-1706 D. I. Bushnell, Jr
- 2. Art and Technology
- On the Evolution of Ornament-An American Lesson W. H. Holmes
- Primitive Copper Working: An Experimental Study Frank Hamilton Cushing
- The Technic of Aboriginal American Basketry Otis T. Mason
- 3. Society and Social Life
- The Development of the Clan System and of Secret Societies among the Northwestern Tribes John R. Swanton
- The Social Organization of American Tribes John R. Swanton
- The Family Hunting Band as the Basis of Algonkian Social Organization Frank G. Speck
- Family and Sib Robert H. Lowie
- The Zuni A'doshle and Suuke Elsie Clews Parsons
- 4. War
- Coup and Scalp among the Plains Indians George Bird Grinnell
- Review of Georg Friederici, Skalpieren und ahnliche Kriegsgebrauche in Amerika James Mooney
- 5. Ceremonialism and Religion
- Orenda and a Definition of Religion J. N. B. Hewitt
- Ceremonialism in North America Robert H. Lowie
- Review of Emile Durkheim, Les Formes elementaires de la vie religieuse A. A. Goldenweiser
- SBETETDA'Q, A Shamanistic Performance of the Coast Salish Herman K. Haeberlin
- 6. Legend and Myth
- The Mythology of the Koryak Waldemar Jochelson
- Native Account of the Meeting between La Perouse and the Tlingit G. T. Emmons
- Review of Franz Boas, Tsimshian Mythology C. M. Barbeau
- VII. Method and Theory of Ethnology
- Piratical Acculturation W J McGee
- Material Cultures of the North American Indians Clark Wissler
- Review of Clark Wissler, The American Indian A. L. Kroeber
- Review of Robert H. Lowie, Primitive Society A. L. Kroeber
- The Methods of Ethnology Franz Boas
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1946-1970 ISBN 9780803282803
Description
From the early Cold War years through the social unrest and activism of the 1960s, American anthropology expanded considerably in size and outreach, becoming spectacularly global and cross-cultural in its interests. Complex societies and communities became increasingly popular subjects of inquiry; the influence of sociological methods upon fieldwork and interpretation grew; a reimagined cultural evolution emerged; and a pervasive interest in the broader forces of culture change shaped research, writing, and theory throughout the quarter century. A dynamic range of schools of anthropological thought flowered-cultural ecology, structural-functionalism, ethnoscience, and, in the last years of the era, French structuralism. The American Anthropological Association became a forum of political debate in the 1960s, and its membership included more people of color but fewer women than previously. The twenty-two selections in this volume highlight the many telling achievements and enduring insights in American anthropology during the first few decades after World War II. An introduction to these essays by Robert F. Murphy provides a historical and critical backdrop for understanding the changes and continuity in American anthropology during this time.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: A Quarter Century of American Anthropology Robert F. Murphy
- The Scope of Linguistics C. F. Voegelin and Z. S. Harris
- The Definition and Prohibition of Incest Leslie A. White
- Cultural Causality and Law: A Trial Formulation of the Development of Early Civilizations Julian H. Steward
- Navaho and Zuni Veterans: A Study of Contrasting Modes of Culture Change John Adair and Evon Vogt
- Witchcraft in Four African Societies: An Essay in Comparison S. F. Nadel
- The Structure of Unilineal Descent Groups Meyer Fortes
- Method and Theory in American Archeology: An Operational Basis for Culture-Historical Integration Philip Phillips and Gordon R. Willey
- Social Anthropology and the Method of Controlled Comparison Fred Eggan
- A Problem in Malayo-Polynesian Social Organization Ward H. Goodenough
- Types of Latin American Peasantry: A Preliminary Discussion Eric R. Wolf
- The Nature of Deference and Demeanor Erving Goffman
- Ecologic Relationships of Ethnic Groups in Swat, North Pakistan Fredrik Barth
- Ritual and Social Change: A Javanese Example Clifford Geertz
- The Meaning of Kinship Terms Anthony F. C. Wallace and John Atkins
- The Community as Object and as Sample Conrad M. Arensberg
- Cultural Ecology and Ethnography Charles O. Frake
- Refocusing on the Neanderthal Problem C. Loring Brace
- The Concept of Race Ashley Montagu
- Earth-Diver: Creation of the Mythopoeic Male Alan Dundes
- Descent and Symbolic Filiation Sally Falk Moore
- Peasant Society and the Image of Limited Good George M. Foster
- Anemic and Emetic Analyses in Social Anthropology Gerald D. Berreman
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1921-1945 ISBN 9780803292963
Description
From the 1920s through the end of World War II, American anthropology grew in complexity while its scope became increasingly global and contemporary. Much insightful and innovative work continued to be produced by scholars working with Native American and First Nation communities, but the significant contributions of those conducting research abroad soon became hard to ignore. The nature of culture and acculturation were scrutinized and theorized about repeatedly; the relationship between culture and personality became an important subject of inquiry; particular historical reconstructions were joined by more synchronic studies of cultures; and more anthropologists gave attention to current events and to unraveling the intricacies of modern culture. The discipline as a whole moved away from affiliations with museums and instead cast itself as a social science within the academy; at the same time, government sponsorship of anthropological research increased markedly through New Deal initiatives and wartime programs of the 1940s. The thirty-nine selections in this volume represent the increasingly diverse areas of research and range of lasting accomplishments in American anthropology during the interwar period. Introducing these essays is a historical overview of American anthropology during this era by George W. Stocking Jr.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Thoughts toward a History of the Interwar Period George W. Stocking Jr
- I. The Twenties
- American Culture and the Northwest Coast A. L. Kroeber
- Review of A. R. Brown, The Andaman Islanders Robert H. Lowie
- Diffusion as a Criterion of Age Wilson D. Wallis
- Miwok Lineages and the Political Unit in Aboriginal California Edward Winslow Gifford
- The Origin of the Skidi Pawnee Sacrifice to the Morning Star Ralph Linton
- Review of Franz Boas, Primitive Art A. L. Kroeber
- Review of Roland B. Dixon, The Building of Cultures Leslie Spier
- Problems Arising from the Cultural Position of the Havasupai Leslie Spier
- II. Innovations
- Review of Robert Redfield, Tepoztlan A. L. Kroeber
- Configurations of Culture in North America Ruth Benedict
- The Science of Culture George Peter Murdock
- More Comprehensive Field Methods Margaret Mead
- Culture Changes in Yucatan Robert Redfield
- Some Empirical Aspects of Northern Salteaux Religion A. I. Hallowell
- Kinship Terminologies in California A. R. Radcliffe-Brown
- Kinship and History A. L. Kroeber
- Memorandum for the Study of Acculturation Robert Redfield, Ralph Linton, and Melville J. Herskovits
- Historical Changes in the Choctaw Kinship System Fred Eggan
- Review of Fred Eggan (ed.), Social Organization of North American Tribes Julian H. Steward
- III. Sub-Disciplines
- The Plains Culture Area in the Light of Archaeology W. D. Strong
- An Outline of the Problem of Man's Antiquity in North America Edgar B. Howard
- The Comparative Linguistics of Uto-Aztecan B. L. Whorf
- Internal Linguistic Evidence Suggestive of the Northern Origin of the Navaho Edward Sapir
- On Being Unhistorical C. F. Voegelin
- A Method for Phonetic Accuracy and Speed Morris Swadesh
- Blood Group Determinations of Prehistoric American Indians Leland C. Wyman and William C. Boyd
- Fossil Man and the Origin of Races W. W. Howells
- IV. Reconsiderations
- Review of Robert H. Lowie, The Crow Indians Clark Wissler
- The Dual Organizations of the Ramko'kamekra (Canella) of Northern Brazil Curt Nimuendaju and Robert H. Lowie
- Linguistic Distributions and Political Groups of the Great Basin Shoshoneans Julian H. Steward
- A Problem in Kinship Terminology Leslie A. White
- Review of Abram Kardiner, The Individual and His Society Scudder Mekeel
- Some Comments on the Study of Cultural Contact Melville J. Herskovits
- Acquired Drives in Culture Contact John Gillin
- Covert Culture and Administrative Problems Clyde Kluckhohn
- On the Concept of Culture and Some Cultural Fallacies David Bidney
- Socialization, Personality, and the Structure of Pueblo Society (With Particular Reference to Hopi and Zuni) Esther S. Goldfrank
- V. Applications
- American Anthropological Association Resolution on Racial Theories
- Applied Anthropology and Its Relationship to Anthropology John F. Embree
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