Talking About People: Readings in Contemporary Cultural Anthropology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072994819 ISBN 13: 9780072994810

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

Synopsis

How do people learn and experience their culture? How do people make a living? What does it mean to be in a family? How do we make sense of peoples’ beliefs and ritual practices? In exploring questions such as these, this cultural anthropology reader focuses on contemporary global concerns and includes a significant number of articles by authors from outside the United States.

A dynamic development in the fourth edition is the inclusion of “Anthropology and Public Debate” sections, in which opposing anthropological arguments on current hot topics are featured. In addition, “Doing Fieldwork” essays consider the nature and dilemmas of fieldwork, the changing status of the field, the nature of anthropological learning in the field, and ethical issues and dilemmas.

About this title

About the Author:

William A. Gordon is a full-time author and publisher. His previous books include The Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book, Shot on This Site: A Traveler's Guide to the Places and Locations Used to Film Famous Movies and Television Shows, and Four Dead in Ohio: Was There a Conspiracy at Kent State? He lives in Southern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0072994819
• ISBN 13: 9780072994810
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: William Haviland, Robert Gordon, Luis Vivanco