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El. knyga: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

(Statistical Research Inc, USA)
  • Formatas: 172 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 29-Jul-2021
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781000412147
  • Formatas: 172 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 29-Jul-2021
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781000412147

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"This book offers a concise and accessible overview of cultural anthropology for those coming to the subject for the first time. It introduces key areas of the discipline and touches on its historical developments and applied aspects. As well as traditional topics such as social organization, politics, and economics, the chapters engage with important contemporary issues including race, gender, sexuality, and colonialism. In a beginner friendly format, this book is ideal for students of Anthropology, as well as for the interested reader as an introduction to the subject"--

This book offers a concise and accessible overview of cultural anthropology for those coming to the subject for the first time.



This book offers a concise and accessible overview of cultural anthropology for those coming to the subject for the first time. It introduces key areas of the discipline and touches on its historical developments and applied aspects. As well as traditional topics such as social organization, politics, and economics, the book engages with important contemporary issues including race, gender, sexuality, and colonialism.

In a beginner-friendly format, this book is ideal for students of anthropology, as well as for the interested reader as an introduction to the subject.

Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xiv
1 Anthropology
1(15)
What is anthropology?
1(1)
The major subfields of anthropology
2(8)
Biological (or physical) anthropology
3(1)
Evolution
3(1)
Anthropological linguistics
4(1)
Archaeology
4(1)
Cultural anthropology
5(1)
Many worlds
6(1)
Perspectives on others
7(1)
Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism
7(1)
Words matter
8(1)
Cultural appropriation
9(1)
Anthropology as a science
10(3)
Empirical science
10(1)
Objective and subjective data
10(1)
The Western scientific method
11(1)
Nonempirical science
12(1)
Why study anthropology?
13(1)
Chapter summary
14(2)
2 A Very Short History Of Cultural Anthropology
16(10)
On the development of Western scientific thought
16(2)
A natural evolution
17(1)
The emergence of anthropology as a discipline
18(7)
Unilinear cultural evolution
19(2)
Historical particularism
21(1)
Functional/structuralism
21(1)
Diffusionism
22(1)
Multilinear cultural evolution
23(1)
Cultural ecology
23(1)
Cultural materialism
23(1)
Postmodernism
24(1)
Chapter summary
25(1)
3 Culture, Personality, And Worldview
26(9)
What is culture?
26(2)
What is a society?
27(1)
Functions of a society
28(1)
Personality
28(3)
Perception and cognition
29(1)
Elements of personality
29(2)
What is "acceptable"?
31(1)
Worldview
31(2)
Cosmology
32(1)
Chapter summary
33(2)
4 Doing Cultural Anthropology
35(5)
Anthropological methods
35(3)
Fieldwork
36(1)
Participant observation
36(1)
Preparation for fieldwork
36(1)
Once in the field
37(1)
After fieldwork
38(1)
Differing viewpoints
38(1)
Chapter summary
39(1)
5 Anthropological Linguistics
40(7)
Descriptive linguistics
41(1)
Historical linguistics
42(1)
Sociolinguistics
43(1)
Some other linguistic elements
43(2)
Writing
44(1)
Chapter summary
45(2)
6 Social Organization
47(19)
Kinship
47(8)
Families and households
47(1)
Figuring relatives
48(1)
Figuring descent
49(1)
Descent groups
50(3)
The major kinship systems
53(2)
Marriage
55(4)
The functions of marriage
56(1)
Some general marriage rules
56(1)
Types of marriages
56(1)
Monogamy
57(1)
Polygamy
57(1)
Postmarital residence
58(1)
Divorce
58(1)
Non-kinship-based social organizations
59(1)
Sodalities
59(1)
Inequality
60(3)
Status and rank
62(1)
Chapter summary
63(3)
7 Political Organization
66(10)
Politics
66(1)
Power and authority
66(3)
Warfare
67(1)
The ideology of warfare
68(1)
Levels of political complexity
69(4)
Bands
71(1)
Tribes
71(1)
Chiefdoms
72(1)
States
73(1)
Chapter summary
73(3)
8 Economic Organization
76(15)
Production
76(1)
Division of labor
77(1)
Exchange systems
77(4)
Value
77(1)
The reciprocity exchange system
78(1)
The redistribution exchange system
78(1)
The barter exchange system
79(1)
Money
79(1)
The market exchange system
80(1)
The "secret economy": the black market
81(1)
Basic subsistence systems
81(6)
Domestication and the development of agriculture
81(2)
Hunting and gathering
83(1)
Horticulture
84(1)
Pastoralism
85(1)
Intensive agriculture
86(1)
Chapter summary
87(4)
9 Identity
91(8)
Societal identity
91(1)
Family identity
92(1)
Socially constructed identities
92(2)
Race
92(1)
Ethnic groups
93(1)
Subcultures
94(1)
Personal identity
94(3)
Sex
95(1)
Sexual preference
95(1)
Gender
96(1)
Gender selection
96(1)
Chapter summary
97(2)
10 Religion, Ritual, And Knowledge
99(12)
Religion
99(4)
General forms of religious belief
100(1)
Functions of religion
101(1)
Religious specialists
101(1)
Magic
102(1)
Ritual
103(2)
Rites of passage
104(1)
Ritual cannibalism
104(1)
Funerary systems
105(1)
Knowledge
106(2)
Chapter summary
108(3)
11 Expressive Culture
111(7)
Play
111(1)
Art
112(4)
Visual art
112(2)
Verbal art
114(1)
Musical art
115(1)
Performance art
116(1)
Chapter summary
116(2)
12 Change And Development
118(10)
Change
118(5)
Adaptation
119(2)
Invention and innovation
121(1)
Diffusion
121(1)
Colonization
121(1)
Acculturation
122(1)
Ethnocide and genocide
122(1)
Development
123(1)
Reactions to imposed change
124(2)
People moving
125(1)
Climate change migration
126(1)
Chapter summary
126(2)
13 Applied Anthropology
128(4)
The detached approach
129(1)
The project-specific approach
129(1)
The proactive approach
130(1)
Chapter summary
130(2)
Glossary 132(17)
References 149(3)
Index 152
Mark Q. Sutton received his PhD in anthropology from the University of California, Riverside. He taught at California State University, Bakersfield from 1987 to 2007, where he retired as Emeritus Professor of Anthropology. He now teaches at the University of San Diego.