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Humanity : an introduction to cultural anthropology / James Peoples, Garrick Bailey

By:

Peoples, James G

Contributor(s):

Bailey, Garrick Alan

Material type: Text

978-1-337-10969-7

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

2018 DC 306 P390

Contents:

The Study of Humanity Part I. Humanity, Culture, and Language. Culture -- Culture and Language -- Cultural Diversity and Globalization Part II. Theories and Methods of Cultural Anthropology. The Development of Anthropological Thought -- Methods of Investigation Part III. The Diversity of Culture. Culture and Nature: Interacting with the Environment -- Exchange in Economic Systems -- Marriage and Families -- Kinship and Descent -- Gender in Comparative Perspective -- The Organization of Political Life -- Social Inequality and Stratification -- Religion and Worldview -- Art and the Aesthetic Part IV. Anthropology in the Global Community. Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict -- World Problems and the Practice of Anthropology

Summary: Humanity : an introduction to cultural anthropology offers a solid framework centred on globalization and culture change. The text's engaging narrative provides new ways of looking at many of the challenges facing the world in this century, as students examine ethnic conflicts, globalization of culture and language, recent debates about gay marriage, increasing inequalities, population growth, hunger, and the survival of indigenous cultures

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulation	UM Digos College - LIC Book Cart	Circulation	DC 306 P390 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		24951

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The Study of Humanity
Part I. Humanity, Culture, and Language. Culture -- Culture and Language -- Cultural Diversity and Globalization
Part II. Theories and Methods of Cultural Anthropology. The Development of Anthropological Thought -- Methods of Investigation
Part III. The Diversity of Culture. Culture and Nature: Interacting with the Environment -- Exchange in Economic Systems -- Marriage and Families -- Kinship and Descent -- Gender in Comparative Perspective -- The Organization of Political Life -- Social Inequality and Stratification -- Religion and Worldview -- Art and the Aesthetic
Part IV. Anthropology in the Global Community. Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict -- World Problems and the Practice of Anthropology

Humanity : an introduction to cultural anthropology offers a solid framework centred on globalization and culture change. The text's engaging narrative provides new ways of looking at many of the challenges facing the world in this century, as students examine ethnic conflicts, globalization of culture and language, recent debates about gay marriage, increasing inequalities, population growth, hunger, and the survival of indigenous cultures

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