Core concepts in cultural anthropology /
Robert H. Lavenda, Emily A. Schultz.
- Third edition
- xiii, 256 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-248)
Anthropology -- Culture -- Language -- Culture and the Individual -- Religion, Worldview, and Art -- The Dimensions of Social Organization -- Political Anthropology -- Economic Anthropology -- Kinship and Descent -- Marriage and Family -- Globalization and the Culture of Capitalism -- Theory in Cultural Anthropology -- Appendix: Reading Ethnography.
Offering an introduction to the basic ideas and practices of contemporary cultural anthropology, this book functions as an annotated bibliography of the terms and concepts that anthropologists use in their work. It is designed to address the needs of anthropology professors who use ethnographies and other supplementary readings in their courses.