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"Window on Humanity is intended to provide a concise, readable introduction to general (four-field) anthropology. Its shorter length increases the instructor's options for assigning additional reading-case studies, readers, and other supplements-in a semester course. Window also can work well in a quarter system, for which traditional texts may be too long"--

"For over 40 years, students have found Conrad Kottakís Introductions to Anthropology and Cultural Anthropology thoughtful guides to the ever-changing discipline. His books are classics in the field offering undergraduates a comprehensive and robust set of materials that support and expand on the instruction they receive in the classroom or online. Students engage with rich content with an effective, efficient, and easy-to-use platform in Connect"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword to the First Edition by Robert DaMatta -- Acknowledgments (1990) -- Introduction: Prime-Time Society 20 Years Later -- Acknowledgements (2009) -- About the Author -- PART ONE Television and Culture -- CHAPTER ONE Television and Cultural Behavior -- Teleconditioning -- TV Content's Cultural Impact -- The Cultural Dimension -- CHAPTER TWO Studying Television -- The American Perspective -- TV Research and Modern Anthropology -- The Special Significance of Brazil -- Theoretical Significance

Charles Wagley's work, firmly in the Boasian tradition, reflects his association with and training by Franz Boas, but especially by Ruth Benedict and Ruth Bunzel. Wagley's career as an ethnographer began in the Guatemalan highland town of Santiago Chimaltenango in 1937. Soon thereafter, he turned from Guatemala to Brazil, where he did his first field research (1939-1940) among the Tapirapé Indians. Wagley's Tapirapé revisits culminated in his last book, "Welcome of tears: the Tapirapé Indians of Central Brazil" (1977). Wagley's study of Gurupá began in 1948 and produced various editions of his popular book "Amazon town: a study of man in the Tropics". Wagley co-directed the Bahia State-Columbia University Community Study Project in 1951-1952, culminating in the edited book "Race and class in rural Brazil". Over time, Wagley focused increasingly on non-Indians, ranging from rural towns like Gurupá to Brazilian culture as a whole. Illustrating the latter, Wagley wrote two editions of "Introduction to Brazil", a culturally insightful text that examined unity and diversity in Brazilian culture and society. A man of careful scholarship and keen intellect, Chuck Wagley took great pride in the excellence of his teaching and writing; he also enjoyed sharing his knowledge and insights with a larger public

Southern Betsileo kinship is theoretically bilateral, patrilineally skewed in practice. The skewing is greatest among the mass of commoners, less consistent among nobles and high status commoners who focus descent upon prestigeful ancestors by whatever line they are linked, while groups of slave descent have very shallow genealogies with no consistent skewing on either side.

Written by nationally recognized anthropologists Conrad Kottak and Lara Descartes, this ethnography of largely white, middle class families in a town in the midwest explores the role that the media play in influencing how those families cope with everyday work/family issues. The book insightfully reports that families struggle with, and make work/family decisions based largely on the images and ideas they receive from media sources, though they strongly deny being so influenced. An ideal book for teaching undergraduate family, media, and methods courses