REVEL for Cultural Anthropology -- Access Card

by Bonvillain, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780134722993
• ISBN10: 013472299X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2017-05-08
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Examine cultural anthropology through the lens of globalization and culture change
Revel™ Cultural Anthropology introduces students to the concepts and methods that anthropologists bring to the study of cross-cultural diversity. Centering her approach on the roles of globalization and cultural change, author Nancy Bonvillain encourages students to think critically about what is going on in the world, and to examine how events affect cultures. The Fourth Edition has been updated with the latest statistical data and offers discussion of hot-button contemporary topics such as climate change, online communication, and GMOs.

Revel is Pearson’s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, Revel is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience — for less than the cost of a traditional textbook.

NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone Revel access card. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.

Author Biography

Nancy Bonvillain is a professor of anthropology and linguistics at Bard College at Simon's Rock. She is author of over twenty books on language, culture, and gender, including a series on Native American peoples. In her field work she studied the Mohawk and Navajo, and she has published a grammar and dictionary of the Akwesasne dialect of Mohawk. She received her PhD from Columbia University in 1972 and has taught at Columbia University, The New School, SUNY Purchase and Stonybrook, and Sarah Lawrence College.

Table of Contents

1. What Is Anthropology?
2. The Nature of Culture
3. Studying Culture
4. Language and Culture
5. Learning One’s Culture
6. Colonialism and Cultural Transformations
7. Making a Living
8. Economic Systems
9. Kinship and Descent
10. Marriage and the Family
11. Gender
12. Equality and Inequality
13. Political Systems
14. Conflict and Conflict Resolution
15. Religion
16. The Arts
17. Living in a Global World