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100 1 _aNanda, Serena.
245 1 0 _aCultural anthropology /
_cSerena Nanda.
250 _a4th edition.
260 _aBelmont, CA :
_bWest/Wadsworth Pub.,
_cc1991.
300 _axxi, (various paging) :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aContents; 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aEthnology.
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