Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology - Brossura

Lavenda, Robert; Schultz, Emily

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0073050458 ISBN 13: 9780073050454

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2006

Riassunto

This very concise, accurate introduction to the basic ideas and practices of contemporary cultural anthropology is designed to address the needs of anthropology professors who make extensive use of ethnographies and other supplementary readings in their courses. Not a standard textbook, Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology functions as a thorough annotated bibliography of the terms and concepts that anthropologists use in their work; its conceptual framework prepares students to read ethnography more effectively, with less misunderstanding.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Robert H. Lavenda is Professor of Anthropology at St. Cloud State University, and is director of the Latin American Studies Program. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology from Indiana University in 1977 and has done fieldwork in Venezuela, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and small-town Minnesota. He is the author of Corn Fests and Water Carnivals: Celebrating Community in Minnesota, numerous articles on festivals and play, and is co-author of three anthropology textbooks. His special interests are play, festival behavior, world view, culture and communication, Latin America, and North American culture.

Contenuti:

Preface

Chapter 1. Anthropology

Chapter 2. Culture

Chapter 3. Language

Chapter 4. Culture and the Individual

Chapter 5. Religion, Worldview, and Art

Chapter 6. The Dimensions of Social Organization

Chapter 7. Political Anthropology

Chapter 8. Economic Anthropology

Chapter 9. Kinship and Descent

Chapter 10. Marriage and Family

Chapter 11. Globalization and the Culture of Capitalism

Chapter 12. Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Appendix. Reading Ethnography

Bibliography

Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0073050458
• ISBN 13: 9780073050454
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 256