TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nanda,Serena
TI  - Cultural anthropology
SN  - 0534139566
U1  - 306 22
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Belmont, CA
PB  - West/Wadsworth Pub.
KW  - Ethnology
N1  - 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. 

; Includes bibliographical references and index
ER  -