Brief and accessible, this text introduces basic concepts in a reasonable amount of detail and can easily be covered in a semester.
In-text exercises called "Try This" encourage students to think critically by asking them to compare, analyze, and hypothesize, or to apply the concepts they have just read.
Colorful and visually appealing, the text shows anthropology to its best advantage through full-color photographs, a four-color interior design, and interesting graphics.
Unique chapters on fieldwork (Chapter 3) and sexuality across cultures (Chapter 9) address topics that are of particular interest to beginning students.
An appendix, "How to Read an Ethnography," gives students practical steps for getting the most out of reading and comparing ethnographies.
Extensive pedagogy includes learning objectives, summaries, study questions, suggested readings and web sites, thumbnail maps, and running glossary in every chapter, plus an end-of-book glossary, and bibliography.
Spiced with humor, anecdotes, and an overall conversational tone, this text reflects the author’s more than 30 years of award-winning teaching and her understanding of how to reach beginning students.
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