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9780060426675

Cultural Anthropology

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    9780060426675

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    0060426675

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1991-04-01
  • Publisher: Harpercollins College Div

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Summary

Written by one of the most famous modern anthropologists, the fifth edition of Cultural Anthropology continues to focus on the book's two major objectives. First, it presents a holistic view of sociocultural systems, and secondly, the book provides a unified theoretical framework for explaining these systems. It also remains faithful to the belief that anthropologists must routinely deal with facts and theories that are crucial to informed decisions regarding issues of enduring relevance. The cultural approach used throughout furnishes a framework for explaining how the parts of sociocultural systems are interrelated and how they change over time. The book also continues in its effort to identify the many causal strands that help explain the process of sociocultural change. It tries to make sense of the many seemingly irrational or arbitrary customs and institutions in small, technologically simple societies as well as complex nations. For anyone interested in the study of culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Five Fields of Anthropology
What Is Distinctive about Cultural Anthropology?
Why Study Anthropology?
The Nature of Culture
Definitions of Culture
Society, Subculture, and Sociocultural System
Science and the Relativity of Truth
Fieldwork and the Mental and Behavioral Aspects of Culture
The Universal Pattern
The Diversity of Anthropological Theories
Cultural Materialism
The Evolution of the Capacity for Culture
Genes and Natural Selection
Nonhuman Culture
The Evolution of the Hominids
Apes and Language
Aggressive versus Cooperative Behavior among Apes
Language and Culture
Universal Features of Language
Structural Linguistics: Elements of Language Analysis
Biological and Cultural Aspects of Language
Language Issues and Theories
Sociolinguistics
Production
Evolution of Energy Production
The Influence of the Environment and Ecology
Carrying Capacity and the Law of Diminishing Returns
Hunting and Gathering
Agriculture
Pastoralism
Energy and the Evolution of Culture
Industrial Food Energy Systems
Reproduction
The Relation between Production and Reproduction
Population Pressure versus Population Growth
Preindustrial Reproductive Practices
The Costs and Benefits of Rearing Children
The Contraception, Abortion, and Infanticide Debate
Industrial Modes of Reproduction
Women's Status, Education, and Fertility
Human Sexuality
Sex versus Gender
Human Sexuality
Heterosexuality
Restrictive versus Permissive Cultures
Male Homosexuality
Female Homosexuality
Economic Organization
Definition of Economy
Exchange
Redistributive Exchange
Reciprocity versus Redistribution
The Infrastructural Basis of Redistribution and Reciprocity
Stratified Redistribution
Price Market Exchange: Buying and Selling
Patterns of Work
Domestic Life
The Household and the Domestic Sphere of Culture
Family Groups and the Mode of Production and Reproduction
What Is Marriage?
Economic Aspects of Marriage
Preferential Marriages
Domestic Groups and the Avoidance of Incest
Descent, Locality, and Kinship
Kinship
Descent
Descent Rules: Cognatic and Unilineal Descent
Postmarital Locality Patterns
Kinship Terminologies
Kin Terms Are Negotiated, Not Written in Stone
Law, Order, and War in Nonstate Societies
Law and Order in Band and Village Societies
Headmanship
The Leopard Skin Chief
Nonkin Associations: Sodalities
Warfare among Hunters and Gatherers
Warfare among Sedentary Village Societies
Why War?
Warfare, the Politics of Prestige, and the Big Man System
Origins and Anatomy of the State
The Evolution of Big Man Systems into Chiefdoms
Infrastructural and Structural Aspects of Political Control
The Origins of States
Ideology as a Source of Power
The State and Physical Coercion
Class and Caste
Class and Power
Peasant Classes
The Image of Limited Good
Castes in India
Ethnicity, Race, and Racism
Ethnicity
Biological Races versus Social Races versus Ethnic Groups
The Competitive Dynamics of Ethnic and Racial Groups
Defining Racism
Gender Hierarchies
Gender Differences
Gender Ideologies
The Relativity of Gender Ideologies
Are Women Equally Represented in Ethnographies
Gender Hierarchy
Variations in Gender Hierarchies
Causes of Variation in Gender Hierarchies
Hoes, Plows, and Gender Hierarchies
Gender and Exploitation
Gender and Hyperindustrialism
Psychological Anthropology
Culture and Personality
Cultural Patterns and Themes
Basic Personality Structure
Childhood Training and Personality
The Influence of Subsistence Patterns
Subsistence and Adult Personality
Schemas and Cognition
Culture and Mental Illness
Religion
Animism
Animatism and Mana
Natural and Supernatural
Magic and Religion
The Organization of Religious Beliefs and Practices
Religion and Political Economy: High Gods
Revitalization Movements
Taboo, Religion, and Ecology
Art
What Is Art?
Art as a Cultural Category
The Evolution of Music and Dance
Verbal Arts
Applied Anthropology
What Is Applied Anthropology?
Research, Theory, and Action
What Do Applied Anthropologists Have to Offer?
Applied Anthropology and Development
Medical Anthropology
Refugee Health Care
Demographics: The U.S. Census Undercount
Forensics
Business and Anthropology
Poverty and Health
Anthropological Advocacy
A History of Theories of Culture
Glossary
Index
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