Applying Cultural Anthropology : An Introductory Reader

by Aaron Podolefsky; Peter J. Brown

• ISBN13: 9780767404662
• ISBN10: 0767404661
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: MAYF

Summary

This supplementary reader is composed of both classic and contemporary articles that demonstrate the significant contributions that cultural anthropologists make; the emphasis is on the applicability of cultural anthropology to understanding and improving the present day human condition.

Table of Contents

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Culture And Fieldwork

Body Ritual Among Nacirema

*Slumber’s Unexplored Landscape

Tricking and Tripping: Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS

Crack in Spanish Harlem

Profile of an Anthropologist

Corporate Anthropologists

Culture And Communication

Shakespeare in the Bush

To Give Up on Words: Silence in Western Apache Culture Keith Basso, 1970

A Cultural Approach to Male-Female Miscommunication

Suite for Ebony and Phonics

Culture And Food

Ancient Bodies, Modern Customs, and Our Health

Chinese Table Manners: You are How You Eat

Culture and the Evolution of Obesity

Culture And Agriculture

The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race

The Domestication of Wood in Haiti: A Case Study in Applied Evolution

Two Rights Make a Wrong: Indigenous Peoples Versus Environmental Protection Agencies

Race And Ethnicity

Race without Color

Official Statement on “Race”

American Anthropological Association, 1997

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Of Kwanzaa, Cinco de Mayo, and Whispering: The Need for Intercultural Education

Deborah Freedman Lustig, 1997

Economy And Business

Eating Christmas in the Kalahari

Strings Attached

Using Cultural Skills for Cooperative Advantage in Japan Richard H. Reeves-Ellington – 1993

Family Planning Outreach and Credit Programs in Rural Bangladesh

*Profile - Anthropology in the Technology Industry

Gender And Socialization

Society and Sex Roles

*Our Babies, Our Selves

New Women of The Ice Age

Doing Gender, Doing Surgery: Women Surgeons in a Man’s Profession

Marriage And Gender Relations

When Brothers Share a Wife

African Polygyny: Family Values and Contemporary Changes

Law, Custom, and Crimes Against Women: The Problem of Dowry Death in India

Politics, Law And Warfare

PROFILE of an Anthropologist: Crossing the Minefield: Politics of Refugee Research and Service

The Kpelle Moot

Contemporary Warfare in the New Guinea Highlands

Religion, Ritual And Curing

The Power of Islam

Hallucinogenic Plants and Their Use in Traditional Societies

Aids as Human Suffering

Social And Cultural Change

Circumcision, Pluralism, and Dilemmas of Cultural Relativism

Advertising and Global Culture

How Sushi Went Global

The Price of Progress

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