The book also features many pedagogical aids, including a glossary; chapter summaries, review questions, and key terms at chapter ends; and annotated suggestions for further reading.
What is cultural anthropology, and how is it relevant in today's world?
Cultural Anthropology
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The theme of applied anthropology runs throughout this text and thoroughly integrates the application of anthropological theories, methods, and examples to contemporary situations that students are likely to encounter in everyday life.
Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-based Approach
A virgin bride had a stronger position in dealing with her husband and his relatives (Martin Shaw 1995). Likewise, as demonstrated in the EthnoCase below, young Bedouin women who maintain their virginity stand to gain socially and ...
Persuasions of the Witch's Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Lutz, Catherine, and Anne Lutz Fernandez. 2010. Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effects on Our Lives.
Several case studies offer examples of anthropology in action, and special features throughout the text profile anthropological application through news stories (In the News) and interviews (Anthropology in Practice).
Written by one of the most famous modern anthropologists, the fifth edition of Cultural Anthropology continues to focus on the book's two major objectives. First, it presents a holistic view...
The sixth edition of this dynamic book has been updated and revised throughout, with a shorter length and a more streamlined focus.
What is cultural anthropology, and how can it explain--or even help resolve--contemporary human problems?
Cultural Anthropology: Tribes, States, and the Global System
The Eleventh Edition is streamlined (with each chapter trimmed by ten percent), further strengthens its two themes of economics and the environment and community and social responsibility, and speaks more directly to students with a greater ...
Cultural Anthropology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
“For Social Emergencies 'We are 9-1-1': How Journalists Perform the State in an Argentine Border Town.” Anthropological ... In Regna Darnell and Frederic W. Gleach, Eds. Anthropologists and Their Traditions across National Borders.
This contemporary book provides interesting real-world examples and applications of the principles and practices of anthropology, helping readers appreciate other cultures as well as their own--and apply what they learn to situations in ...
The book develops readers’ understanding and engagement by addressing key issues such as: What it means to be human The key characteristics of culture as a concept Relocation and dislocation of peoples The conflict between political, ...
Give students the tools to engage the big issues of our time.
"From the book's signature "toolkit" approach to the new chapter on the Environment and Sustainability to the accompanying videos and interactive learning tools, all aspects of Ken Guest's Cultural Anthropology work together to inspire ...