Classic readings in cultural anthropology / [compiled by] Gary Ferraro

By:

Ferraro, Gary, []

Contributor(s):

Ferraro, Gary P

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TextPublication details: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, 2009Edition: 2nd edDescription: 138 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0495507369
9780495507369

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Summary: ""Practical and insightful, this concise, inexpensive, and accessible reader presents core historical and contemporary works that have been instrumental in shaping anthropological thought and research over the past decades. Carefully edited by author Gary Ferraro, the text includes classic readings selected from scholarly works on the basis of their enduring themes and contributions to the discipline."" --Book JacketSummary: CONTENT: Perspectives on Culture -- 1. Body Ritual Among the Nacirema -- 2. Queer Customs -- Language and Communication -- 3. Rapport-talk and Report-talk -- 4. The sounds of silence -- Economics and Ecology -- 5. Eating Christmas in the Kalahari -- 6. The domestication of wood in Haiti -- Marriage and the Family -- 7. Arranging a marriage in India -- 8. Death without weeping -- Gender -- 9. Society and Sex Roles -- 10. Women and Men in!Kung Society -- Political and Social Control -- 11. The Kpelle Moot -- 12. Anthropology and counterinsurgency -- Supernatural Beliefs -- 13. The Notion of Witchcraft Unfortunate Events -- 14. Baseball Magic -- Culture Change -- 15. Steel Axes for Stone-Age Australians -- 16.Globalization and Thomas Friedman.

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""Practical and insightful, this concise, inexpensive, and accessible reader presents core historical and contemporary works that have been instrumental in shaping anthropological thought and research over the past decades. Carefully edited by author Gary Ferraro, the text includes classic readings selected from scholarly works on the basis of their enduring themes and contributions to the discipline."" --Book Jacket

CONTENT: Perspectives on Culture -- 1. Body Ritual Among the Nacirema -- 2. Queer Customs -- Language and Communication -- 3. Rapport-talk and Report-talk -- 4. The sounds of silence -- Economics and Ecology -- 5. Eating Christmas in the Kalahari -- 6. The domestication of wood in Haiti -- Marriage and the Family -- 7. Arranging a marriage in India -- 8. Death without weeping -- Gender -- 9. Society and Sex Roles -- 10. Women and Men in!Kung Society -- Political and Social Control -- 11. The Kpelle Moot -- 12. Anthropology and counterinsurgency -- Supernatural Beliefs -- 13. The Notion of Witchcraft Unfortunate Events -- 14. Baseball Magic -- Culture Change -- 15. Steel Axes for Stone-Age Australians -- 16.Globalization and Thomas Friedman.