Cultural anthropology : an applied perspective
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Cultural anthropology : an applied perspective
West/Wadsworth, c1998
3rd ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-383) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text aims to integrate an applied approach into coverage of the basic principles of studying our own and other cultures. The applied approach shows different ways in which anthropological theory is used not only by practising anthropologists but also by others outside the field.
Table of Contents
- What is anthropology?
- the concept of culture
- applied anthropology
- the growth of anthropological theory
- methods in cultural anthropology
- language
- getting food
- economics
- kinship and descent
- marriage and the family
- gender
- political organization and social control
- social stratification
- religion
- art
- culture change
- the future of anthropology.
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