Cultural anthropology : the human challenge | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Genre:Lehrbuch

Physical Description:xxxvii, 443 Seiten : color Illustrationen, color Karten

ISBN:

9780495811770, 9780495810827, 0495811777, 0495810827

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:731048150

Contents:

PART I: CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: THE CHALLENGE OF KNOWING HUMANITY.1. The Essence of Anthropology.2. Characteristics of Culture.3. Ethnographic Research: Its History, Methods, and Theories.4. Becoming Human: The Origin and Diversity of Our Species.PART II: CULTURE AND SURVIVAL: THE CHALLENGE OF COMMUNICATING, RAISING CHILDREN, AND STAYING ALIVE.5. Language and Communication.6. Social Identity, Personality, and Gender.7. Patterns of Subsistence.8. Economic Systems.PART III: FORMATION OF GROUPS: THE CHALLENGE OF COOPERATION.9. Sex, Marriage, and Family.10. Kinship and Descent.11. Grouping by Gender, Age, Common Interest, and Class.Part IV: SEARCH FOR ORDER: THE CHALLENGE OF DISORDER.12. Politics, Power, and Violence.13. Spirituality, Religion, and the Supernatural.14. The Arts.PART IV: SEARCH FOR ORDER: THE CHALLENGE OF DISORDER.15. Processes of Change.16. Global Challenges, Local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology.Glossary.Bibliography.Credits.Index.