Description
Anthropology in today’s world.
Through clear writing, a balanced theoretical approach, and engaging examples, Cultural Anthropology stresses the importance of social inequality and human rights, the environment, culture change and applied aspects of anthropology. Rich examples of gender, ethnicity, race, class, and age thread through the topical coverage of economic systems, the life-cycle, health, kinship, social organization, politics, language, religion, and expressive culture. In addition, the last two chapters address how migration is changing world cultures and how the importance of local cultural values and needs are shaping international development policies and programs.
Teaching & Learning Experience
The teaching and learning experience with this program helps to:
- Personalize Learning - The new MyAnthroLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
- Improve Critical Thinking- A new Think Like an Anthropologist feature and thought-provoking questions throughout the text link issues with theory and today's student experiences and values.
- Engage Students – The one page Culturama feature found in every chapter provides a mini-case study of a culture. Each Culturama provides basic background information on the highlighted culture along with any updates about current changes and challenges. In addition, two photographs and a locator map offer a mini-"panorama" view to help students visualize and anchor the material.
- Explore Theory – A section on the history of theory can be found in Chapter 1, as well as discussion on selected theories throughout the text.
- Support Instructors – MyAnthroLab, an author-written Instructor’s Manual and Test Item File, Electronic “MyTest” Test Bank, PowerPoint Presentation Slides, and Pearson Custom course material are available.
Table of Contents
In This section:
1. Breif table of contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part 1: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Chapter 1: Anthropology and the Study of Culture
Chapter 2: The Evolution of Humanity and Culture
Chapter 3: Researching Culture
Part 2: CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 4: Making a Living
Chapter 5: Consumption and Exchange
Chapter 6: Reproduction and Human Development
Chapter 7: Disease, Illness, and Healing
Part 3: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
Chapter 8: Kinship and Domestic Life
Chapter 9: Social Groups and Social Stratification
Chapter 10: Political and Legal Systems
Part 5: SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS
Chapter 11: Communication
Chapter 12: Religion
Chapter 13: Expressive Culture
Part 6: CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CHANGE
Chapter 14: People on the Move
Chapter 15: People Defining Development
2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part 1: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Chapter 1: Anthropology and the Study of Culture
Introducing Anthropology’s Four Fields
Introducing Cultural Anthropology
Distinctive Features of Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 2: The Evolution of Humanity and Culture
Nonhuman Primates and the Roots of Human Culture
Hominin Evolution to Modern Humans
The Neolithic Revolution and the Emergence of Cities and States
Chapter 3: Researching Culture
Changing Research Methods
Doing Fieldwork in Cultural Anthropology
Urgent Issues in Cultural Anthropology Research
Part 2: CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 4: Making a Living
Culture and Economic Systems
Making a Living: Five Modes of Livelihood
Changing Livelihoods
Chapter 5: Consumption and Exchange
Culture and Consumption
Culture and Exchange
Changing Patterns of Consumption and Exchange
Chapter 6: Reproduction and Human Development
Modes of Reproduction
Culture and Fertility
Personality and the Life Cycle
Chapter 7: Disease, Illness, and Healing
Ethnomedicine
Three Theoretical Approaches
Globalization and Change
Part 3: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
Chapter 8: Kinship and Domestic Life
How Cultures Create Kinship
Households and Domestic Life
Changing Kinship and Household Dynamics
Chapter 9: Social Groups and Social Stratification
Social Groups
Social Stratification
Civil Society
Chapter 10: Political and Legal Systems
Public Power: Political Organization, and Leadership
Social Order and Social Conflict
Changing Public Power and Social Control
Part 5: SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS
Chapter 11: Communication
The Varieties of Human Communication
Language, Diversity, and Inequality
Language and Communication Change
Chapter 12: Religion
Religion in Comparative Perspective
World Religions and Local Variations
Directions of Religious Change
Chapter 13: Expressive Culture
Art and Culture
Play, Leisure, and Culture
Change in Expressive Culture
Part 6: CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CHANGE
Chapter 14: People on the Move
Categories of Migration
The New Immigrants to the United States and Canada
Migration Policies and Programs in a Globalizing World
Chapter 15: People Defining Development
Defining Development and Approaches to It
Development, Indigenous People, and Women
Urgent Issues in Development
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