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CONTENTS xi WHY THIS BOOK ?
Xi ABOUT THE SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES WHY OPEN ACCESS ?
xiii Xiii xiii I . Part . Introduction to Anthropology WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY ?
WHAT IS CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ?
WHAT IS CULTURE ?
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THINKING THE ( OTHER ) OF ANTHROPOLOGY 10 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES WHYIS ANTHROPOLOGY IMPORTANT ?
GLOSSARY 25 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 26 BIBLIOGRAPHY 27 . The Culture Concept 29 THOUGHTS ON CULTURE OVER A CUP OF COFFEE 29 STORIES AS A REFLECTION ON CULTURE 30 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEORIES OF CULTURE 35 BACK IN THE COFFEE SHOP 40 GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHORS 42 BIBLIOGRAPHY 43 . Doing Fieldwork Methods in Cultural Anthropology 45 FINDING THE FIELD 45 TRADITIONAL GRAPHIC APPROACHES 49 GRAPH TODAY 54 ETHNOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES AND PERSPECTIVES 56 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 63 WRITING ETHNOGRAPHY 65 GLOSSARY 67 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 68 BIBLIOGRAPHY 68
Language THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN LANGUAGE TO HUMAN CULTURE THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF LANGUAGE HUMAN LANGUAGE COMPARED WITH THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OF OTHER SPECIES UNI OF LANGUAGE DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS STRUCTURES OF LANGUAGE LANGUAGE VARIATION LANGUAGE IN ITS SOCIAL SETTINGS LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY LANGUAGE CHANGE HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS GLOBALIZATION AND LANG GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHOR Subsistence STUDYING SUBSISTENCE SYSTEMS MODES OF SUBSISTENCE THE GLOBAL AGRICULTURE SYSTEM CONCLUSION GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY Economics MODES OF PRODUCTION MODES OF EXCHANGE CONSUMPTION AND GLOBAL CAPITALISM POLITICAL ECONOMY UNDERSTANDING INEQUALITY CONCLUSION GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY Political Anthropology A Comparison BASIC CONCEPTS IN POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY LEVELS OF INTEGRATION EGALITARIAN SOCIETIES POLITICAL ORGANIZATION TRIBAL POLITICAL ORGANIZATION RANKED SOCIETIES AND STRATIFIED SOCIETIES STATE LEVEL OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION CONCLUSION ABOUT THE AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY 70 70 71 75 76 76 78 83 87 88 92 94 96 97 98 12 14 14 15 15 19 20 27 35 39 41 42 43 43 48 48 50 50 51 52 61 66 68 73 75 76
10 . 11 . 12 . Family and Marriage RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES STATUSES AND ROLES IN FAMILIES KINSHIP AND DESCENT KINSHIP TERMS MARRIAGE AND FAMILY FAMILIES AND CULTURE CHANGE GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHOR Race and DUDE WHATARE YOU ?
IS ANTHROPOLOGY THE SCIENCE OF RACE ?
RACE IN THREE NATIONS THE UNITED STATES BRAZIL AND ETHNIC GROUPS A MELTING POT OR A SALAD BOWL ?
POPULAR CULTURE SPORTS DIVERSITY CONCLUSION GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY Gender and Sexuality INTRODUCTION GENDER ACCORDING TO ANTHROPOLOGISTS FOUNDATIONS OF THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER APPROACHES TO STUDYING GENDER CONCLUSION GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHORS 214 DEFINING RELIGION THEORIES OF RELIGION ELEMENTS OF RELIGION CONCLUSION GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHOR Globalization OVERVIEW AND EARLY GLOBALIZATION THE ACCELERATION OF GLOBALIZATION SELECTIVE IMPORTATION AND ADAPTATION GLOBALIZATION IN GLOBALIZATION AND RESPONSES TO GLOBALIZATION IMPLICATIONS FOR ANTHROPOLOGY CONCLUSION GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHORS 182 183 183 188 190 199 200 202 204 205 207 215 220 222 223 226 226 227 228 231 231 233 262 271 272 274 286 288 289 291 300 300 301 304 305 306 308 311 316 319 322 326 327 328
14 . 15 . 13 . The History of Anthropological CENTRAL CONCEPTS THE FALL OF COLONIALISM AND THE RISE OF NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES SPECIALIZATION A WIDE RANGE CONCLUSION GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY Culture and Environmental Anthropology in the LIVING IN THE CULTURAL ECOLOGY POLITICAL ECOLOGY ADDITIONAL APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY IN CONSERVATION CONCLUSION GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY Performance OVERVIEW EVERYDAY PERFORMANCE CONSTITUTING SOCIAL REALITY PERFORMANCES CONCLUSION GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHORS Media Anthropology Meaning Embodiment , Infrastructure , and Activism A BRIEF HISTORY OF MEDIA ANTHROPOLOGY MEDIA WHAT MAKES MEDIA POSSIBLE ?
PARTICIPATORY MEDIA AND MEDIA ACTIVISM IN ANTHROPOLOGY CONCLUSION GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY 335 336 340 342 350 350 351 351 357 357 361 364 368 373 375 377 378 379 379 382 383 386 391 394 401 402 403 407 408 409 412 415 419 421 421 421 17 . Health and Medicine THE PERSPECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH THE EXPERIENCE OF ILLNESS IN PLACE BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CONCLUSION GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHOR 18 . Seeing Like an Anthropologist Anthropology in Practice DEVELOPMENT WE NEVER ASKED ABOUT IT BEFORE SEEING LIKE AN ANTHROPOLOGIST I WILL IT UNTIL I DIE AN ISOLATED CASE ?
REFLECTIONS GLOSSARY ABOUT THE AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY 19 . Public Anthropology TWO PUZZLES DEFINING PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY PUTTING PRESENT CONCERNS IN PERSPECTIVE PUBLIC AN RELATION TO APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY THE UPS AND DOWNS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TAKING STOCK OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE HEADING A FRAMEWORK FOR RESHAPING THE DISCIPLINE FACILITATING SOCIAL CHANGE CONCLUDING QUESTIONS CENTER FOR A PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY HOW THE BLOOD CAME BACK TO THE ABOUT THE AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY Image Credits 425 426 428 433 434 437 439 440 441 444 445 446 448 449 449 451 452 453 453 453 456 456 458 463 464 466 467 468 469 476 480 480 484 484 489