Investigating culture : an experiential introduction to anthropology
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Investigating culture : an experiential introduction to anthropology
Blackwell Pub., 2004
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents of Works
- Disorientation and orientation
- Spatial locations
- All we have is time
- Language : we are what we speak
- Relatives and relations
- Our bodies, our selves
- Food for thought
- Clothing matters
- VIPs : very important people, places, and performances
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"Investigating Culture" offers an innovative approach to understanding culture as a constructed phenomenon open to investigation of its implicit premises and explicit forms. This book provides a refreshing alternative to traditional textbooks by challenging students to think in new ways and to apply these ideas to their own lives. It focuses on the ways that humans orient themselves, e.g., in space and time, according to language, food, the body, and the symbols provided by public myth and ritual. Each chapter includes: an introduction framing the central issues, examples from a range of cultures, a selected reading or two, additional suggested readings, and exercises.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.1. Disorientation and Orientation.Exercises.Selected Reading: Shakespeare in the Bush: Laura Bohannan.Resources.2. Space.Exercises.Selected Reading: The American Front Porch: Women's Liminal Space: Sue Bridwell Beckham.Resources.3. Time.Exercises.Selected Reading: Time is for Savoring: Ellen Goodman.Selected Reading: The Original Affluent Society: Marshall Sahlins.Resources.4. Language: We Are What We Speak.Exercises.Selected Reading: She Unnames Them: Ursula LeGuin.Selected Reading: Seeing is Believing: Alan Dundes.Resources.5. Relatives and Relations.Exercises.Selected Reading: Symbols of Category Membership: Penelope Eckert.Selected Reading: Kinship Systems: A.M. Hocart.Resources.6. Our Bodies, Ourselves.Exercises.Selected Reading: Body Ritual Among the Nacirema: Horace Miner.Resources.7. Food for Thought.Exercises.Selected Reading: You Are What You Eat: Religious Aspects of the Health Food Movement: Jill Dubisch.Resources.8. Clothing Matters.Exercises.Selected Reading: Alienation: Julio Ramon Ribeyro.Resources.9. VIPs: Very Important People, Places and Performances.Exercises.Selected Reading: The Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man: Clifford Geertz.Resources.Photo Credits.Index
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