Cultural anthropology /
Serena Nanda.
- 4th edition.
- Belmont, CA : West/Wadsworth Pub., c1991.
- xxi, (various paging) : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents;
Part one: Anthropology and culture Chapter 1: Anthropology and human diversity Specialization in anthropology Doing cultural anthropology What we learn from anthropology
Chapter 2: Theory in cultural anthropology Theories of culture Cultural ecology Anthropology and uses of ethnographic data
Chapter 3: Human adaptation and culture Hominid adaptations Adaptations and human diversity Cultural adaptation etc.
Chapter 4: The cultural context of human behavior Cultural patterning of "Reality" Cultural patterning of perception and cognition Doing what comes naturally?
Chapter 5: Language Origins and development of human language Communication and language Structural variation in language etc.
Chapter 6: Learning culture Biology, socialization, and culture Gender role socialization Early socialization etc.
Part two: Sociocultural adaptations Chapter 7: Getting food The environment and cultural diversity Major food-getting patterns etc.
Chapter8: Economics Anthropologists study economics Production Distribution: Systems of exchange
Chapter 9: Marriage, family, and domestic groups Marriage and the family: Functions Marriage rules Choosing a mate etc.
Chapter 10: Kinship Relationships through blood and marriage Rules of descent and the formation of descent groups The classification of kin
Chapter 11: Nonkin-based forms of association Groups based on age Associations based on sex Associations based on ethnicity etc.
Chapter 12: Social ranking and stratification Egalitarian socities rank societies Stratified societies etc.
Chapter 13: Political systems and social control Regulating human behavior Band societies Tribal societies etc.
Chapter 14: Religion The function of religion Religion and symbolism Structure and anti-structure etc.
Chapter 15: The arts Anthropological perspectives Graphic and plastic arts Music etc.
Chapter 16: Change in the contemporary world Cultural contact and cultural change Modernization, "Development", and change
Chapter 17: The uses of anthropology Anthropology and public policy Anthropologists as advocates Development anthropology: Planned change in peasant communities etc.