Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World

by Miller, Barbara D.

• ISBN13: 9780205540662
• ISBN10: 020554066X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Integrating current material on globalization, gender, class, race, ethnicity, and other contemporary social issues throughout the book, Barbara Miller'sCultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World text engages students with compelling ethnographic examples and demonstrates the relevance of cultural anthropology to their lives. Rich examples of gender, ethnicity, race, class, and age thread through the topical coverage of economic systems, the life-cycle, health, kinship, social organization, politics, language, religion, and expressive culture. Each chapter highlights applied anthropology and provides students with practical tips about how they can use anthropology in their everyday lives. The last two chapters address the urgent issues of how migration is changing world cultures and the importance of local cultural values in shaping international development policies and programs. This book, based on Millerrs"s full-lengthCultural Anthropology text, will generate class discussion, increase faculty-student engagement, and enhance student learning. Through clear writing, a balanced theoretical approach, and engaging examples, Miller stresses the importance of social inequality, cultural change, and applied aspects of anthropology throughout the book.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Anthropology and the Study of Culture

Introducing Anthropology

Biological or Physical Anthropology

Archaeology

Linguistic Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology Lessons Applied: Orangutan Research Leads to Orangutan

Advocacy Applied Anthropology: Separate Field or Cross-Cutting Focus?

Introducing Cultural Anthropology

A Brief History of Cultural Anthropology

The Concept of Culture

Multiple Cultural Worlds Culturama: San Peoples of Southern Africa

Distinctive Features of Cultural Anthropology

Three Theoretical Debates in Cultural Anthropology Critical Thinking: Adolescent Stress: Biologically Determines or Culturally Constructed?

Cultural Anthropology and Careers in the "Real World: Majoring in Anthropology

Graduate Study in Anthropology

Living an Anthropological Life

The Big Questions Revisited Key Concepts Suggested Readings

Methods in Cultural Anthropology Changing Research Methods

From the Armchair to the Field

Participant Observation Doing Fieldwork in Cultural Anthropology

Beginning the Fieldwork Process

Working in the Field Critical Thinking: Shells and Skirts in the Trobriand

Islands Culturama: The Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea

Fieldwork Techniques

Recording Culture Lessons Applied: Multiple Methods in a Needs Assessment Study in Canada

Data Analysis Urgent Issues in Cultural Anthropology Research

Ethics and Collaborative Research

Safety in the Field The Big Questions Revisited Key Concepts Suggested Readings

Economic and Demographic Foundations

Economic Systems Modes of Production

Foraging

Division of Labor

Property Relations

Foraging as a

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