Main description:

Now in its 19th edition, Cultural Anthropology: Appreciating Cultural Diversity is an introduction to sociocultural anthropology, also covering linguistic and applied anthropology. While presenting cultural anthropology's core concepts and topics, the text also aims to demonstrate anthropology's relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. The subtitle of the text reflects its goal of instilling a sense of appreciation: (1) of cultural diversity, (2) of cultural anthropology as a field, and (3) of how an anthropological approach can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom.

Contents:

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
1 WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
2 CULTURE
3 METHOD AND THEORY IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
4 APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY

PART 2 APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY
5 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
6 ETHNICITY AND RACE
7 MAKING A LIVING
8 POLITICAL SYSTEMS
9 GENDER
10 FAMILIES, KINSHIP, AND DESCENT
11 MARRIAGE
12 RELIGION
13 ARTS, MEDIA, AND SPORTS

PART 3 THE CHANGING WORLD
14 THE WORLD SYSTEM, COLONIALISM, AND INEQUALITY
15 ANTHROPOLOGY'S ROLE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD