TY - BOOK AU - Nanda,Serena AU - Warms,Richard L. TI - Cultural anthropology SN - 0534506372 U1 - 306 22 PY - 1998/// CY - Belmont, CA PB - West/Wadsworth Pub. KW - Ethnology N1 - 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 ER -