Inside cultures: an introduction to cultural anthropology
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.