Cultural anthropology
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Cultural anthropology
Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2005
3rd ed
- : pbk
Available at 4 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-427) and index
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Description
The second edition of Barbara Miller's Cultural Anthropology takes an innovative approach to the subject by combining a solid materialist foundation with attention to interpretive approaches and findings. This contemporary book continues to emphasize social inequality and explain its affect on economy, kinship, politics, religion, and language while still covering the core concepts of cultural anthropology. Contemporary issues, such as health systems, migration, and development, are integrated through out the book to highlight the practical applications and relevance of cultural anthropology studies to today's society. Miller's knack for showing students how anthropology is relevant to their lives and skill at generating lively discussion continue to win her book high praise.
In addition to a greater focus on theory, the newest edition features new discussions and the latest research on the affect of development on indigenous peoples, the relationship between development and social inequality, and new examples of human resistance in the face of large-scale exogenous development. The Table of Contents has been reorganized to streamline the coverage of certain topics and create room to reinstate topics that have been popular in previous editions. Finally, a new layout with larger pages and an improved design make the text more accessible and easier to read.
Table of Contents
Each chapter begins with "The Big Questions" and concludes with "The Big Questions Revisited," "Key Concepts," "Suggested Readings."I. INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
1. Anthropology and the Study of Culture.
The Four Fields of General Anthropology.
Introducing Cultural Anthropology.
Three Theoretical Debates.
2. Methods in Cultural Anthropology.
Changing Methods in Cultural Anthropology.
Doing Research in Cultural Anthropology.
Special Issues in Fieldwork.
II. ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC FOUNDATIONS.
3. Economies and Their Modes of Production.
Culture and Economies.
Modes of Production.
Changing Modes of Production.
4. Consumption and Exchange.
Culture and Consumption.
Culture and Exchange.
Changing Patterns of Consumption and Exchange.
5. Birth and Death.
Culture and Reproduction.
Sexual Intercourse And Fertility.
Culture And Death.
6. Personality, Identity, and Human Development.
Culture, Personality and Identity.
Personality and Identity Formation from Infancy through Adolescence.
Personality and Identity in Adulthood.
7. Illness and Healing.
Ethnomedicine.
Theoretical Approaches in Medical Anthropology.
Globalization and Change
III. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION.
8. Marriage and Domestic Life.
The Study of Kinship.
Households and Domestic Life.
Changing Kinship and Household Dynamics.
9. Social Groups and Social Stratification.
Social Groups.
Social Stratification.
Civil Society.
10. Politics and Leadership.
Politics and Culture.
Political Organization and Leadership.
Change in Political Systems.
11. Social Order and Social Conflict.
Systems of Social Control.
Social Conflict and Violence.
Maintaining World Order.
IV. SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS.
12. Communication.
Human Verbal Language.
Language, Thought and Society.
Beyond Words: Human Paralanguage.
13. Religion.
Religion in Comparative Perspective.
World Religions.
Directions of Change.
14. Expressive Culture.
Art and Culture.
Museums and Culture.
Play, Leisure, and Culture.
Change in Expressive Culture.
V. CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CHANGE.
15. People on the Move.
Categories of Migration.
The New Immigrants to the United States and Canada.
Migration Policies and Programs in a Changing World.
16. Development Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology and the Study of Change.
Approaches to Development.
Issues in Development.
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