Buch(elektronisch)2022

Inside cultures: an introduction to cultural anthropology

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Note to the Instructor (for the Third Edition) -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 The Study of Us -- Overview -- Cultural Anthropology and General Anthropology -- The Species Known as 'Us' -- The Four Fields -- Cultural Anthropology -- Ethnography and Participant Observation -- Ethnology -- Ethnohistory -- Enculturation and Cultural Relativism -- Biological Anthropology -- Studying Human Origins and Evolution -- Anthropological Archaeology -- Linguistic Anthropology -- Holism and the Four Fields -- Culture and Change -- Anthropology and Related Disciplines -- Summary -- Further Reading -- Cultural Snapshots -- Chapter 2 What Makes Us Human -- Overview -- Why We're All the Same -- The Capacity for Culture -- Cumulative Culture -- The Capacity for Language -- Animal Communication -- Attributes of Language -- Selected Universals -- Sociality -- Ascribed and Achieved Status -- Transmission of Culture -- Religion and Art -- Rules Governing Behaviour -- The Notion of Taboo -- Ethnocentrism -- Sex, Gender and Age Categories -- Economy and Exchange -- Reciprocity -- Classification of the Environment -- Basic Colour Terms -- Names for Flora and Fauna -- Summary -- Further Reading -- Cultural Snapshots -- Chapter 3 Cultural Variation -- Overview -- Variation in Key Cultural Institutions -- Naming Practices -- Kinds of Names -- Diverse Concepts of Human Relatedness -- Transmission of Culture -- Birth Rites -- Rites of Initiation -- Sodalities -- Rules Governing Behaviour -- Food Taboos -- Contact and Verbal Taboos -- Ethnocentrism -- Race and Racism -- Sex, Gender and Age -- Religion and Art -- Animism and Totemism -- Organising Behaviour and Belief.

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Inside cultures: an introduction to cultural anthropology

Balée, William L.

"This concise, contemporary option for instructors of cultural anthropology breaks away from the traditional structure of introductory textbooks. Emphasizing the interaction between humans and their environment, the tension between human universals and cultural variation, and the impacts of colonialism on traditional cultures, Inside Cultures shows students how cultural anthropology can help us understand the complex, globalized world around us. This third edition: contains brand new material on many subjects, including anthropological approaches to anti-racism social movements in the Global North during 2020; includes findings in anthropological research regarding the covid-19 pandemic, and its relation to other recent global events and conditions; updates the organization and presentation of cultural universals and cultural variations; presents updated and enhanced discussions of anthropological studies of humankind and the environment, with expanded analysis of industrial agriculture in the age of globalization, includes more illustrations and updates to existing illustrations, sidebars, and guideposts throughout the volume; is written is clear, supple prose that delights readers while informing on content of one of the important courses in a liberal arts education, one that effectively bridges humanities and the sciences"--

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