Cultural Anthropology: 2025 Release ISE

20. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-265-11055-0
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch, Gewicht: 853 g

Cultural Anthropology: Appreciating Cultural Diversity is an introduction to sociocultural anthropology, including linguistic and applied anthropology. While presenting cultural anthropology's core concepts and topics, the text also aims to demonstrate anthropology's relevance to the 21st century world we inhabit. The subtitle of the text reflects its goal of instilling a sense of appreciation: (1) of cultural diversity, (2) of cultural anthropology as a field, and (3) of how an anthropological approach can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kottak, Conrad

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY1 What is Anthropology?2 Culture3 Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology4 Applying AnthropologyPART 2 APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY5 Language and Communication6 Ethnicity and Race7 Making a Living8 Political Systems9 Gender10 Families, Kinship, and Descent11 Marriage12 Religion13 Arts, Media, and SportsPART 3 THE CHANGING WORLD14 The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality15 Anthropology's Role in a Globalizing World

Über Autor(innen)

Kottak, Conrad
Conrad Phillip Kottak (A.B. Columbia, 1963; Ph.D. Columbia, 1966) is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1968.  In 1991 he was honored for his teaching by the University and the state of Michigan.  In 1992 he received an excellence in teaching award from the College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts of the University of Michigan.  Professor Kottak has done fieldwork in cultural anthropology in Brazil (since 1962), Madagascar (since 1966), and the United States. In current research projects, Kottak and his colleagues have investigated the emergence of ecological awareness in Brazil, the social context of deforestation in Madagascar, and popular participation in economic development planning in northeastern Brazil.