Anthropology ISE

19. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-260-59813-1
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 594 Seiten, Format (B × H): 275 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 1034 g

Now in its 19th edition, Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity is an introduction to general (four-field) anthropology. It covers the four subfields - biological anthropology, anthropological archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology, as well as anthropology’s two dimensions: academic and applied anthropology. While presenting anthropology's core, the text also aims to demonstrate anthropology's relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. The subtitle of the text reflects its goal of instilling a sense of appreciation: (1) of human diversity, (2) of anthropology as a field, and (3) of how anthropology can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom. There is special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on cultural behavior as well as updated consideration of race and ethnicity related to demographic shifts, and of gender fluidity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kottak, Conrad

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
1 WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?

2 CULTURE

3 APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY

PART 2 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
4 DOING ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

5 EVOLUTION AND GENETICS

6 HUMAN VARIATION AND ADAPTATION

7 THE PRIMATES

8 EARLY HOMININS

9 THE GENUS HOMO

10 THE ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF MODERN HUMANS

11 THE FIRST FARMERS

12 THE FIRST CITIES AND STATES

PART 3 APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY
13 METHOD AND THEORY IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

14 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

15 ETHNICITY AND RACE

16 MAKING A LIVING

17 POLITICAL SYSTEMS

18 GENDER

19 FAMILIES, KINSHIP, AND DESCENT

20 MARRIAGE

21 RELIGION

22 ARTS, MEDIA, AND SPORTS

PART 4 THE CHANGING WORLD
23 THE WORLD SYSTEM, COLONIALISM, AND INEQUALITY

24 ANTHROPOLOGY’S ROLE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD

Glossary

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kottak, Conrad
Conrad Phillip Kottak (A.B. Columbia, 1963; Ph.D. Columbia, 1966) is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1968.  In 1991 he was honored for his teaching by the University and the state of Michigan.  In 1992 he received an excellence in teaching award from the College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts of the University of Michigan.  Professor Kottak has done fieldwork in cultural anthropology in Brazil (since 1962), Madagascar (since 1966), and the United States. In current research projects, Kottak and his colleagues have investigated the emergence of ecological awareness in Brazil, the social context of deforestation in Madagascar, and popular participation in economic development planning in northeastern Brazil.