Perspectives - An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology 2e

by Nina Brown, Thomas McIlwraith, and Laura Tubelle de González

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This novel textbook on the essential topics in cultural anthropology is an edited volume with each chapter written by a different author that has written from their experiences working as an anthropologist and that personal touch makes for an accessible introduction to cultural anthropology. Our approach to cultural anthropology is holistic. We see the interconnectedness of cultural practices and we emphasize the comparison of cultures and the ways of life of different peoples.

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Publisher
Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges
Subjects
Social Sciences, Anthropology
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Preface
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Licensing
  7. About the Authors
  8. Part 1 - Fundamentals
  9. 1.1: Introduction to Anthropology
  10. 1.2: The Culture Concept
  11. 1.3: Doing Fieldwork - Methods in Cultural Anthropology
  12. 1.4: Language
  13. 1.5: Subsistence
  14. 1.6: Economics
  15. 1.7: Political Anthropology- A Cross-Cultural Comparison
  16. 1.8: Family and Marriage
  17. 1.9: Race and Ethnicity
  18. 1.10: Gender and Sexuality
  19. 1.11: Religion
  20. 1.12: Globalization
  21. Part 2 - Specialized Topics
  22. 2.1: The History of Anthropological Ideas
  23. 2.2: Culture and Sustainability- Environmental Anthropology in the Anthropocene
  24. 2.3: Performance
  25. 2.4: Media Anthropology - Meaning, Embodiment, Infrastructure, and Activism
  26. 2.5: Health and Medicine
  27. 2.6: Seeing Like an Anthropologist- Anthropology in Practice
  28. 2.7: Public Anthropology
  29. Back Matter
  30. Index
  31. Image Credits
  32. Glossary
  33. Detailed Licensing