A concise introduction to cultural anthropology
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Anthropology -- What Is Anthropology? -- The Major Subfields of Anthropology -- Biological (or Physical) Anthropology -- Evolution -- Anthropological Linguistics -- Archaeology -- Cultural Anthropology -- Many Worlds -- Perspectives on Others -- Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism -- Words Matter -- Cultural Appropriation -- Anthropology as a Science -- Empirical Science -- Objective and Subjective Data -- The Western Scientific Method -- Nonempirical Science -- Why Study Anthropology? -- Chapter Summary -- 2 A Very Short History of cultural Anthropology -- On the Development of Western Scientific Thought -- A Natural Evolution -- The Emergence of Anthropology as a Discipline -- Unilinear Cultural Evolution -- Historical Particularism -- Functional/structuralism -- Diffusionism -- Multilinear Cultural Evolution -- Cultural Ecology -- Cultural Materialism -- Postmodernism -- Chapter Summary -- 3 Culture, Personality, and Worldview -- What Is Culture? -- What Is a Society? -- Functions of a Society -- Personality -- Perception and Cognition -- Elements of Personality -- What Is "Acceptable"? -- Worldview -- Cosmology -- Chapter Summary -- 4 Doing Cultural Anthropology -- Anthropological Methods -- Fieldwork -- Participant Observation -- Preparation for Fieldwork -- Once in the Field -- After Fieldwork -- Differing Viewpoints -- Chapter Summary -- 5 Anthropological Linguistics -- Descriptive Linguistics -- Historical Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics -- Some Other Linguistic Elements -- Writing -- Chapter Summary -- 6 Social Organization -- Kinship -- Families and Households -- Figuring Relatives -- Figuring Descent -- Descent Groups -- The Major Kinship Systems -- Marriage -- The Functions of Marriage.