Introducing Anthropology : An Integrated Approach

by PARK

• ISBN13: 9780072549232
• ISBN10: 0072549238
• Edition: 2nd
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

This concise introduction to anthropology discusses the core areas of the discipline within a unique, integrated biocultural framework.

Table of Contents

Background and Context

Doing Anthropology: Taking Fingerprints in the High Plains

In the Field

The Hutterites Anthropology

Contemporary Issues: What Responsibilities Does the Anthropologist Have

When Studying Other Cultures?

Methods of Inquiry: Anthropology as a Science

The Scientific Method Belief Systems

Anthropology as a Science

Contemporary Issues: Aren’t Science and Belief

Inherently in Conflict with One Another?

Evolution: Change in Nature and the Nature of Change

The Evolution of Evolution

Some Basic Genetics Adaptation

Descent with Modification

The Origin of Species

Contemporary Issues: Is Evolution a Fact, a Theory, or Just a Hypothesis?

The Identity of Our Species

Our Place in Nature: Humans as Primates

Naming the Animals Into the Trees

Contemporary Issues: Should Nonhuman Primates Have Rights?

Anatomy: The Bipedal Primate

Out of the Trees

Around the World

Contemporary Issues: Have We Found the “Missing Link”?

Reproduction: The Sexual Primate Sex and Human Evolution

Vive la Différence

Sex and Gender

Sex and Cultural Institutions

Contemporary Issues: What Causes Differences in Sexual Orientation?

Learning How To Survive: The Cultural Primate

The Concept of Culture Brains and Culture

A Model for the Study of Cultural Systems

An Anthropological Analysis of the Necktie

Contemporary Issues: Can Anthropologists Study Their Own Cultures?

Human Variation: Biological Diversity and Race

Why Are There No Biological Races within the Human Species?

What, Then, Are Human Races?

Race, Racism, and Social Issues

Contemporary Issues: Are There Racial Differences in Athletic Ability?

Adapting To Our Worlds

Food: Getting It, Growing It, Eating It, and Passing It

Around Food and Human Evolution

Food-Collecting

Societies Food-Producing

Societies Which Subsistence Pattern Works Best?

Some Basic Economics

Contemporary Issues: Is There a World Population Crisis That Is Putting Pressure on Food and Other Resources?

Nature of the Group: Arranging Our Families and Organizing Our Societies

Primate Societies

Marriage and Family Kinship

Kinship Terminology

Organization above the Family Level

Contemporary Issues: Why Don’t Bilateral Societies Have Equality Between the Sexes?

Material Culture: The Things We Make and the Things We Leave

Behind Archaeology: Recovering and Interpreting the Cultural Past

Some Prehistoric High Points

Contemporary Issues: Who Owns Archaeological Sites and Their Contents?

Communication: Sharing What We Need to Know Language

Language and Evolution

Apes and Language

Language and Culture

Contemporary Issues: Are Written Languages More Advanced than Unwritten Ones?

Maintenance of Order: Making the Worldview

Real Religion Variation in Religious Systems

Religion and Culture Law

Contemporary Issues: How Can We Account for Today’s Interest in Witchcraft?

Culture Change: Theories and Processes

The Processes of Culture Change

Theories of Cultural Evolution

Contemporary Issues: Can Anthropology Be Both Scientific and Humanistic?

The Evolution of Our Behaviors: Pigs, Wars, Proteins, and Sorcerers Of Their Flesh

Shall Ye Not Eat Peaceful Warriors and Cannibal Farmers

Biology and Culture in Interaction

Contemporary Issues: Are Humans Naturally Violent?

Anthropology in Today’s World: Problems and Contributions

Change in the Modern World Applying Anthropology

The Human Species Today

The Human Species in the Future

Contemporary Issues: What Kinds of Careers Are There in Anthropology?

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