Cultural Anthropology

12th Edition

Serena Nanda - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Richard L. Warms - Texas State University - San Marcos, USA

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February 2019 | 456 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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Cultural Anthropology integrates critical thinking, explores rich ethnographies, and prompts students to skillfully explore and study today’s world. Readers will better understand social structures by examining themselves, their own cultures, and cultures from across the globe. Serena Nanda and Richard L. Warms show how historical studies and anthropological techniques can help students think about the nature, structure, and meaning of human societies. With a practical emphasis on areas such as medicine, forensics, and advocacy, this book takes an applied approach to anthropology.

The authors cover a broad range of historical and contemporary theories and apply them to real-world global issues. The Twelfth Edition includes a wealth of new examples, along with updated statistical information and ethnographies that help students see the range of human possibilities.

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Preface

About the Authors

Part I: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Chapter 1. Anthropology and Human Diversity

Specialization in Anthropology

Some Critical Issues in Anthropology

Why Study Anthropology?

Summary

Chapter 2. Doing Cultural Anthropology

Anthropology in Historical Perspective

Anthropological Techniques

Some Critical Issues in Ethnography

Ethical Considerations in Fieldwork

New Roles for the Ethnographer

Summary

Chapter 3. The Idea of Culture

Defining Culture

Culture Is Made Up of Learned Behaviors

Culture Is the Way Humans Use Symbols to Classify Their World and Give It Meaning

Culture Is an Integrated System—Or Is It?

Culture Is a Shared System of Norms and Values—Or Is It?

Culture Is the Way Human Beings Adapt to the World

Culture Is Constantly Changing

Culture Counts

Summary

Chapter 4. Communication

Origins and Acquisition of Human Language

The Structure of Language

Language and Culture

Nonverbal Communication

Language Change

Summary

Part II: EQUALITIES AND INEQUALITIES

Chapter 5. Making a Living

Human Adaptation and the Environment

An Overview of Subsistence Strategies

Foraging

Pastoralism

Horticulture

Agriculture

Industrialism

Summary

Chapter 6. Economics

Economic Behavior

Allocating Resources

Organizing Labor

Distribution: Systems of Exchange and Consumption

Capitalism

Summary

Chapter 7. Political Organization

Social Differentiation

Power and Social Control

Types of Political Organization

The Nation–State

Summary

Chapter 8. Stratification

Explaining Social Stratification

Class and Caste in Social Stratification

Stratification and Race

Stratification and Ethnicity

Summary

Part III: FAMILIES IN SOCIETY

Chapter 9. Kinship

Kinship: Relationships Through Descent and Marriage

Unilineal Descent Groups

Nonunilineal Kinship Systems

The Classification of Kin

Principles for Classifying Kin

Types of Kinship Systems

Summary

Chapter 10. Marriage, Family, and Domestic Groups

Functions of Marriage and the Family

Marriage Rules

Monogamy, Polygyny, and Polyandry

Exchange of Goods and Rights in Marriage

Different Kinds of Families

Families and Globalization

Summary

Chapter 11. Gender

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender

The Cultural Construction of Gender

Gender Ideologies: Women’s Sexuality and Male Prestige Behavior

Controlling Female Sexuality

Variability in Gender and Sexuality

Theories of Gender and Stratification

Gender Relations and Systems of Production

Gender and Globalization

Summary

Part IV: SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS

Chapter 12. Religion

What Religion Does in Society

Characteristics of Religion

Rituals and Ways of Addressing the Supernatural

Religious Practitioners

Religion and Change

Summary

Chapter 13. Creative Expression

Art in Its Cultural Context

Some Functions of Art

Art, Culture, and Symbolism

Art and the Expression of Cultural Themes

Art and Politics

Art and the Expression of Identities

Art and Representing the Other

Marketing World Art

Summary

Part V: CULTURE CHANGE

Chapter 14. Power, Conquest, and a World System

European Expansion: Motives and Methods

The Era of Colonialism

Making Colonialism Pay

Decolonization

An Interconnected but Unstable World

Summary

Chapter 15. Culture, Change, and the Modern World

The Changing Political and Economic Environment

The Persistence of Poverty and Instability

Multinational Corporations

Urbanization

Population Pressure

Environmental Challenges

The Rights of Indigenous People

Summary

Appendix: A Brief Historical Guide to Anthropological Theory

19th-Century Evolutionism

The Early Sociologists

Boas and American Anthropology

Functionalism

Culture and Personality

Cultural Ecology and Neo-Evolutionism

Neomaterialism: Evolutionary, Functionalist, Ecological, and Marxist

Structuralism

Ethnoscience and Cognitive Anthropology

Sociobiology, Evolutionary Psychology, and Behavioral Ecology

Anthropology and Gender

Symbolic and Interpretive Anthropology

Postmodernism

Anthropology and Globalization

Structure and Agency: Practice Theory approaches

References

Index

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The new edition is available as a digital option through SAGE Vantage, an intuitive digital platform that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools—including video—all designed to enable students to better prepare for class.
Learning Objectives help students center and focus on the chapter's key points, and are phrased using Bloom's Taxonomy of Measurable Verbs and move toward the critical thinking end of the taxonomy.
Ethnography features take in-depth looks at specific cultures, teaches students about the basic tool of anthropology, and helps students think about and figure out themselves.
Anthropology Makes a Difference features show students what they can do with an anthropology degree.
Global and Local features deal directly with current social issues and shows the direct relevance of anthropology to current events.
Unique chapter summaries are phrased in the form of questions that are then answered for a more applied feel and helps get students actively thinking.

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A carefully developed visual and pedagogical program inspires students to see the world through an anthropological lens.
The book covers both historical and contemporary theories without any insistence on any particular approach.
Contemporary, real-world global issues appeal to any introductory student from any discipline.

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