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Gary P. Ferraro
ISBN: 9780495507369
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Cengage Learning, Inc
Edition: 2nd edition
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Practical and insightful, this concise, inexpensive, and accessible reader presents core historical and contemporary works that have been instrumental in shaping anthropological thought and research over the past decades. Carefully edited by author Gary Ferraro, the text includes classic readings selected from scholarly works on the basis of their enduring themes and contributions to the discipline.
Concise, inexpensive, and accessible, CLASSIC READINGS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Second Edition, provides an excellent introduction to the field of anthropology and the contributions it makes to understanding the world around us.
| ISBN | 0495507369 | | Pages | 152 | | ISBN13 | 9780495507369
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Cengage Learning, Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 272 | | Imprint | Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc | | Published in | Belmont, CA | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780534612726 | | Publication date | 03 May 2008 | | Height (mm) | 232 | | Library of Congress | GN316 | | Width (mm) | 186 | | DEWEY | 306 | | Spine width (mm) | 10 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| Pt. I | | Perspectives on Culture | | | | 1 | | Body Ritual among the Nacirema by Horace Miner | | 1 | | 2 | | Queer Customs by Clyde Kluckhohn | | 6 | | Pt. II | | Language and Communication | | | | 3 | | Rapport-talk and Report-talk by Deborah Tannen | | 13 | | 4 | | The Sounds of Silence by Edward T. Hall and Mildred Reed Hall | | 18 | | Pt. III | | Economics and Ecology | | | | 5 | | Eating Christmas in the Kalahari by Richard Borshay Lee | | 27 | | 6 | | The Domestication of Wood in Haiti by Gerald F. Murray | | 33 | | Pt. IV | | Marriage and Family | | | | 7 | | Arranging a Marriage in India by Serena Nanda | | 46 | | 8 | | Death without Weeping by Nancy Scheper-Hughes | | 53 | | Pt. V | | Gender | | | | 9 | | Society and Sex Roles by Ernestine Friedl | | 61 | | 10 | | Women and Men in !Kung Society by Marjorie Shostak | | 68 | | Pt. VI | | Politics and Social Control | | | | 11 | | The Kpelle Moot by James L. Gibbs, Jr. | | 78 | | 12 | | Anthropology and Counterinsurgency by Montgomery McFate | | 88 | | Pt. VII | | Supernatural Beliefs | | | | 13 | | The Notion of Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events by E. E. Evans-Pritchard | | 102 | | 14 | | Baseball Magic by George Gmelch | | 111 | | Pt. VIII | | Culture Change | | | | 15 | | Steel Axes for Stone-Age Australians by Lauriston Sharp | | 116 | | 16 | | Globalization and Thomas Friedman by Angelique Haugerud | | 127 |
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