Small places, large issues an introduction to social and cultural anthropology
"Ranging from the Pacific islands to the Arctic north and from small villages to modern nation states, this introduction to social and cultural anthropology reveals the rich global variation in social life and culture. The text also provides an overview of anthropology, focusing on central topi...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Sterling, Va. :
Pluto Press
2001.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Anthropology, culture, and society. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38500759*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : comparison and context
- A brief history of anthropology
- Fieldwork and its interpretation
- The social person
- Local organisation
- Person and society
- Kinship as descent
- Marriage and alliance
- Gender and age
- Social hierarchies
- Politics and power
- Exchange
- Production and technology
- Religion and ritual
- Modes of thought
- The challenge of multiple traditions
- Ethnicity
- The politics of identity : nationalism and minorities
- The global, the local, and the glocal
- Epilogue : and so what?
