Small places, large issues : an introduction to social and cultural anthropology /

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Fully updated fifth edition of the classic introduction to social and cultural anthropology.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2023.
Edition:5th ed.
Series:Anthropology, culture, and society.
Subjects:
Ethnology.
Sociology.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Series Preface
  • Preface to the Fifth Edition
  • 1. Anthropology: Comparison and Context
  • 2. A Brief History of Anthropology
  • 3. Fieldwork and Ethnography
  • 4. The Social Person
  • 5. Local Organisation
  • 6. Person and Society
  • 7. Kinship as Descent
  • 8. Marriage and Relatedness
  • 9. Social Differentiation 1: Gender and Age
  • 10. Social Differentiation 2: Caste and Class
  • 11. Religion and Ritual
  • 12. Language and Cognition
  • 13. Politics and Power
  • 14. Political Identity 1: Ethnicity and the Politics of Identity
  • 15. Political Identity 2: Nationalism and Minorities
  • 16. Economic Anthropology 1: Exchange and Consumption
  • 17. Economic Anthropology 2: Production and Technology
  • 18. Humanity and the Biosphere
  • 19. Complexity and Change
  • 20. Medical Anthropology
  • 21. Anthropology and the Paradoxes of Globalisation
  • 22. The Anthropology of Climate Change
  • Epilogue: Making Anthropology Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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