The fifth edition of this bestselling reader builds a strong foundation in both classical and contemporary theory, with a sharpened focus on gender and anthropology, and the anthropology of new media and technology. Short introductions and key terms accompany every reading, and light annotations have been added to aid students in reading original articles. Used on its own or together with A History of Anthropological Theory, Fifth Edition, this anthology offers a flexible and unrivalled introduction to anthropological theory that reflects not only the history but also the changing nature of the discipline today.
A biography of Mead written to appeal to the public. Rigdon, Susan M. 1988. . Champaign: University of Illinois Press. A biography of a twentieth-century anthropologist who studied the culture of poverty. Shankman, Paul. 2009.
... ammonia: Wedding initiation me 17 an m“ '"nwn'mm FIGURE 2.13 Nuer Seasonality: This is how British social anthropologist E.E. Evans— Pritchard summarized the seasonality of the Nuer of eastern Africa in 1940. of Radcliflne—Brown, ...
In the latest edition of their popular overview text, Erickson and Murphy continue to provide a comprehensive, affordable, and accessible introduction to anthropological theory from antiquity to the present.
The fifth edition of this popular theory reader maintains a strong foundation in both classical and contemporary anthropological theory with a sharpened focus on gender and anthropology, and the anthropology of new media and technology.
Shankman, Paul. 2009. The Trashing of Margaret Mead: Anatomy of. Alice Fletcher, Zelia nuttalls, and Elsie Clews Parsons. Lutkehaus, Nancy C. 2008. Margaret Mead: The Making of an American Icon. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press ...
Jensenism the label attached to the view of behavioral geneticist arthur Jensen that iQ is highly heritable and differs among human races. r-selection in certain evolutionary theories, the reproductive strategy whereby parents choose to ...
influence move along with the sheer weight of numbers in justifying the center-margin distinction characterizing the way in which US anthropology exists in relation to other anthropologies. But especially since the 1980s, ...
A comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic and contemporary readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students...
New York: New York University Press. https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/ 9780814791011.003.0001. Miller, Barbara D., Penny Van Esterik, and John Van Esterik. 2001. Cultural Anthropology. Canadian Edition. Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
This book explores how categories of identity such as "Hutu" and "Tuts" produced through violence and exile.