The Anthropological Lens
Harsh Light, Soft Focus
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:13th Dec '01
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- Hardback£44.00(9780521808385)
A revised version covers new topics and reflects recent changes in perspective and language.
James L. Peacock's revised version of The Anthropological Lens (1986) covers current issues in cultural anthropology, incorporates new topics such as globalization, gender and postmodernism, and reflects recent changes in perspective and language. It will interest both student and specialist alike.Anthropology is a complex, wide-ranging, and ever-changing field. This clear, coherent, and well-crafted book is a revised version of a very successful text first published in 1986, designed to supplement standard textbooks and monographs. It covers the central concepts, distinctive methodologies, and philosophical as well as practical issues of cultural anthropology, and it is accessible to the anthropological novice, and of value to the professional. The updated version covers current issues in cultural anthropology, and includes topics such as globalization, gender, post-modernism and public issues, and reflects changes in perspective and language.
ISBN: 9780521004596
Dimensions: 216mm x 138mm x 13mm
Weight: 248g
176 pages
2nd Revised edition