Cultural anthropology / Serena Nanda, Richard L. Warms.
Publication details: Belmont, CA : West/Wadsworth Pub., c1998.Edition: 6th edDescription: xxv, 429 p. : col. ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:- 0534506372
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMAN DIVERSITY
Specialization in anthropology
What we learn from anthropology: Understanding Human Differences
E.tc
CHAPTER TWO: DOING CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Doing cultural anthropology
Ethnography and fieldwork
E.tc
CHAPTER THREE: THE IDEA OF CULTURE
Culture is the way human beings adapt to the world
Culture is the way humans organize the world
E.tc
CHAPTER FOUR: LANGUAGE
Origins and Development of human language
Communication and human language
E.tc
CHAPTER FIVE: LEARNING CULTURE
The cultural construction of human development
Enculturation and personality
etc
CHAPTER SIX: MAKING A LIVING
The environment and cultural diversity
Environmental zones and food getting systems
Adaptation to the environment
E.tc
CHAPTER SEVEN: ECONOMICS
Economic behaviour
Economic systems
Production and resources
E.tc
CHAPTER EIGHT: MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND DOMESTIC GROUPS
Functions of marriage and the family
marriage rules
E.tc
CHAPTER NINE: KINSHIP
Kinship: Relationships through blood and marriage
Types of Unilineal Descent Groups
E.tc
CHAPTER TEN: GENDER
The cultural construction of gender
Alternative sexes, Alternative Genders
E.tc
CHAPTER ELEVEN: SOCIAL RANKING AND STRATIFICATION
Egalitarian societies
Rank societies
E.tc
CHAPTER TWELVE: POWER AND CONTROL
Regulating human behaviour
Variation in political organisations and social control
E.tc
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: RELIGION
The functions of religion
Myth and Symbolism
Etc
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THE ARTS: EXPRESSING CULTURAL IDENTITIES
Anthropological perspectives on Art
Some functions of Art
E.tc
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: CULTURAL CHANGE
Europe and the great expansion
The era of colonialism
E.tc
CHAPTER SIXTEEN : THE USES OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology and public policy
Drug use and Abuse
E.tc
Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-409) and index.
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