Cultural anthropology : adaptations, structures, meanings
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Cultural anthropology : adaptations, structures, meanings
Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
For Cultural Anthropology classes that emphasize case study approaches.
This short alternative text is designed in structure, content, format, and style to support classes that do not wish to use conventional texts, but, instead, wish to expose students directly to the cultural detail and personal experiences that lie in the anthropological record itself. In that pursuit, this text provides a succinct framework that will help students to recognize the general patterns in specific case material, to distinguish the predictable from the unpredictable, and to extend their anthropological understanding to contemporary issues.
Table of Contents
Preface.
1. Anthropological Basics.
I. ADAPTATIONS.
2. Introduction to Part I.
3. Foragers.
4. Horticulturalists.
5. Agriculture.
6. Pastoralism.
7. Industrialism.
II. STRUCTURES.
8. Introduction to Part II.
9. Kinship: Terminology and Households.
10. Kinship: Descent and Marriage.
11. Economics.
12. Politics.
13. Religion.
III. MEANINGS.
14. Introduction to Part III.
15. Cognition.
16. Language.
17. Bodies, Places, Objects, and Events.
18. Action.
Glossary.
Index.
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