Cultural anthropology:a perspective on the human condition
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 7th ed. |
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Carrier Form: | xx, 489 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780195338508 (pbk.) 0195338502 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | C912 |
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C912.4 Q98 |
Call Number: | C912.4/S387/7th.ed. |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-473) and index. The anthropological perspective -- Culture and the human condition -- Fieldwork -- Anthropology in history and the explanation of cultural diversity -- Language -- Culture and individuals -- Play, art, myth, and ritual -- Worldview -- Culture and power -- Making a living -- Imagined communities: kinship and other forms of relatedness -- Marriage and family -- Beyond kinship -- Dimensions of inequality in the contemporary world -- A global world -- Anthropology in everyday life. |