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Culture

Lisa L. Gezon, Univ. of West Georgia
Conrad Phillip Kottak, Univ. of Michigan–Ann Arbor

ISBN: 0078035023
Copyright year: 2012

Table of Contents



Chapter 1 What Is Anthropology?

The Cross-Cultural Perspective

Human Adaptability

General Anthropology

Human Biological Diversity and the Race Concept

The Subdisciplines of Anthropology

Anthropology and Other Academic Fields

Applied Anthropology

Chapter 2 Culture

What Is Culture?

Culture's Evolutionary Basis

Universality, Generality, and Particularity

Culture and the Individual: Agency and Practice

Levels of Culture

Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism, and Human Rights

Mechanisms of Cultural Change

Globalization

Chapter 3 Ethics and Methods

Ethics and Anthropology

Research Methods

Ethnography: Anthropology's Distinctive Strategy

Ethnographic Techniques

Survey Research

Chapter 4 Applying Anthropology

What is Applied Anthropology?

The Role of the Applied Anthropologist

Development Anthropology

Strategies for Innovation

Anthropology and Education

Urban Anthropology

Medical Anthropology

Anthropology and Business

Careers and Anthropology

Chapter 5 Language and Communication

Language

Nonhuman Primate Communication

Nonverbal Communication

The Structure of Language

Language, Thought, and Culture

Sociolinguistics

Historical Linguistics

Chapter 6 Making a Living

Adaptive Strategies

Cultivation

Pastoralism

Economic Systems

Economizing and Maximization

Distribution, Exchange

Chapter 7 Political Systems

What Is “The Political”?

Types and Trends

Bands and Tribes

Chiefdoms

States

Chapter 8 Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Families

Descent

Marriage

Marital Rights and Same-Sex Marriage

Marriage across Cultures

Divorce

Plural Marriages

Chapter 9 Gender

Nature and Nurture

Recurrent Gender Patterns

Gender among Foragers

Gender among Horticulturalists

Gender among Agriculturists

Patriarchy and Violence

Gender and Industrialism

What Determines Gender Variation?

Sexual Orientation

Chapter 10 Religion

Defining Religion

Expressions of Religion

Social Control

Kinds of Religion

World Religions

Religion and Change

Secular Rituals

Chapter 11 The World System and Colonialism

The World System

Industrialization

Socioeconomic Effects of Industrialization

Colonialism

Development

The Second World

The World System Today

Chapter 12 Ethnicity and Race

Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity

Race and Ethnicity

The Social Construction of Race

Ethnic Groups, Nations, and Nationalities

Ethnic Tolerance and Accommodation

Roots of Ethnic Conflict

Chapter 13 Anthropology's Role in a Globalizing World

Global Climate Change

Environmental Anthropology

Interethnic Contact

Making and Remaking Culture

People in Motion

Indigenous Peoples

The Continuance of Diversity

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