Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

Rapport, Nigel,Overing, Joanna

ISBN 10: 0415181569 / ISBN 13: 9780415181563

Published by Routledge, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415181569
• ISBN 13: 9780415181563
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts is the ideal introduction to this discipline, defining and discussing its central terms with clarity and authority. Among the concepts explored are:

• Cybernetics
• Ecriture Feminine
• Gossip
• Human Rights
• Moralities
• Stereotypes
• Thick Description
• Violence.

Each entry is accompanied by extensive cross-referencing and an invaluable list of suggestions for further reading, making this a superb reference resource for anyone studying or teaching anthropology.

About the Author

Nigel Rapport and Joanna Overing are both Professors of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. Nigel Rapport is the author of numerous books on anthropology, including Transcendent Individual: Essays Toward a Literary and Liberal Anthropology (1997) and, with Anthony P Cohen, Questions of Consciousness (1995). Both are published by Routledge. Joanna Overing is the editor of Reason and Morality (Routledge, 1985).