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Cultural Anthropology, International Edition

Serena Nanda author Richard Warms author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cengage Learning, Inc

Published:15th Jan '13

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Build your awareness of cultures around the world with CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, International Edition! Emphasizing the issues of power, gender, globalization, stratification, ethnicity, and the similarities and differences among all cultures, this book enables you to explore the diversity of human life and lifestyles, and will prompt you to think deeply about the world in which you live.

Part I: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 1. Anthropology and Human Diversity. 2. Doing Cultural Anthropology. 3. The Idea of Culture. 4. Communication. Part II: FAMILIES IN SOCIETY. 5. Making a Living. 6. Economics. 7. Kinship. 8. Marriage, Family, and Domestic Groups. Part III: EQUALITIES AND INEQUALITIES. 9. Gender. 10. Political Organization. 11. Stratification. Part IV: SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS. 12. Religion. 13. Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts. Part V: CULTURE CHANGE. 14. Power, Conquest, and a World System. 15. Culture Change and the Modern World. Appendix. A Brief Historical Guide to Anthropological Theory.

ISBN: 9781133948681

Dimensions: 276mm x 215mm x 15mm

Weight: 824g

448 pages

11th edition