- 392 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
An essential core textbook that leads the reader from Social Anthropology 's foundational approaches and theories to the fundamental areas that characterise the field today. Taking a truly global and holistic view, it includes a wide range of case studies, touching on topics that both divide and connect us, such as family, marriage and religion. Fully updated and revised, the third edition of this popular textbook continues to introduce students to what Social Anthropology is, what anthropologists do, how and what they contribute, and how even a limited knowledge of anthropology can help people flourish in today's world. This is an inviting, engaging and enjoyable text that has established itself as a comprehensive introduction to social and cultural anthropology. Written in an accessible style, and including a wide range of pedagogical features, it is ideally suited to new or prospective students seeking to better understand the discipline and its roots. New to this Edition:
- Includes a new chapter on the role of social and cultural anthropologists and the specific methods they use in a fast-changing world
- Features a number of new first-hand accounts to explore difficult concepts through people's real world experiences
- Updated sections for further exploration, including books, articles, novels, films and websites
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Detailed Contents
- List of Figures and Maps
- List of Photographs
- List of First-hand Accounts
- List of Topics for Reflection
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Seeing the World
- 2 Disgusting, Forbidden and Unthinkable
- 3 Gifts, Exchange and Reciprocity
- 4 The Ritual Round
- 5 Society: A Set of Symbols
- 6 Beauty and Bounty: Treasure and Trophies
- 7 Cosmology I: Religion, Magic and Mythology
- 8 Cosmology II: Witchcraft, Shamanism and Syncretism
- 9 Law, Order and Social Control
- 10 The Art of Politics
- 11 Family, Kinship and Marriage
- 12 Economics and the Environment
- 13 Identities in a Connected World: Tourism, Transnationalism and Globalisation
- 14 Anthropology and Anthropologists: What Is the Point of All This Anthropology?
- Map of Peoples and Places Mentioned in this Book
- Glossary
- Index of Authors and Film-Makers
- Index of Peoples and Places
- General Index