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ANTH 205: Cultures of the World - Perspectives on Culture
This text provides an introduction to the concept of culture and a brief overview of the development of anthropological theory. It explores human cultural diversity throughout the world through the examination of cultural features such as modes of subsistence, sociocultural integration, political organization, family structures, race, ethnicity, gender roles and globalization.
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- Crystal Scheib
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- HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College
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Mục lục· 125 mục
- 01: Introduction to Anthropology
- 1.01: What is Anthropology
- 1.02: Anthropological Perspectives
- 1.03: Cultural Anthropology and the Other Subfields
- 1.04: Why is Anthropology Important
- 1.05: End of Chapter Discussion
- 1.06: About the Authors
- 02: What is Culture
- 2.01: What is Culture
- 2.02: The Capacity for Culture
- 2.03: Culture As An Adaptive Mechanism
- 2.04: Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism
- 2.05: Patterns of Culture
- 2.06: Levels of Culture
- 2.07: Culture Change
- 2.08: End of Chapter Discussion
- 03: Anthropological Theory
- 3.01: Development of Theories on Culture
- 3.02: Cultural Evolution
- 3.03: Anthropology in Europe
- 3.04: Anthropology in the United States
- 3.05: Franz Boas and His Students
- 3.06: Cultural Evolution Revisited
- 3.07: Some More Theories
- 3.08: End of Chapter Discussion
- 04: Methods and Fieldwork
- 4.01: Finding the Field
- 4.02: Making the Strange Familiar and the Familiar Strange
- 4.03: Traditional Ethnographic Approaches
- 4.04: Ethnography Today
- 4.05: Research Techniques and the Written Ethnography
- 4.06: Ethical Considerations
- 4.07: More on Ethics
- 4.08: End of Chapter Discussion
- 4.09: About the Authors
- 05: Language
- 5.01: Language
- 5.02: Biological Basis of Language and Language Aquisition
- 5.03: Human Language Compared with Other Species
- 5.04: Language Universals and the Structure of Language
- 5.05: Language Variation
- 5.06: Linguistic Relativity
- 5.07: Language In Its Social Setting
- 5.08: Historical Linguistics
- 5.09: Language Death Revitalization and the Digital Age
- 5.10: End of Chapter Discussion
- 5.11: About the Author
- 06: Subsistence
- 6.01: Subsistence Systems
- 6.02: Foraging
- 6.03: Pastoralism
- 6.04: Horticulture
- 6.05: Agriculture
- 6.06: The Global Agriculture System
- 6.07: End of Chapter Discussion
- 6.08: About the Author
- 07: Economics
- 7.01: Economics
- 7.02: Modes and Means of Production
- 7.03: Fair-trade and Informal Economies.
- 7.04: Modes of Exchange and Reciprocity
- 7.05: Redistribution and Market Economy
- 7.06: Consumption and Global Capitalism
- 7.07: Political Economy- Understanding Inequality
- 7.08: End of Chapter Discussion
- 7.09: About the Author
- 08: Political Organization
- 8.01: Political Organization and Socio-cultural Integration
- 8.02: Egalitarian Societies
- 8.03: Tribal Integration Law and Warfare
- 8.04: Ranked Societies and Chiefdoms
- 8.05: Stratified Societies and States
- 8.06: States Law and Warfare
- 8.07: Social Control
- 8.08: End of Chapter Discussion
- 8.09: About the Author
- 09: Family and Marriage
- 9.01: Family
- 9.02: Kinship and Descent
- 9.03: Kinship Systems and Terms
- 9.04: Marriage
- 9.05: Families and Households
- 9.06: Families and Cultural Change
- 9.07: End of Chapter Discussion
- 9.08: About the Author
- 10: Religion
- 10.01: Religion
- 10.02: Theories of Religion
- 10.03: Elements of Religion - Cosmologies and the Supernatural
- 10.04: Elements of Religion - Rules and Rituals
- 10.05: Religious Specialists
- 10.06: End of Chapter Discussion
- 10.07: About the Author
- 11: Race and Ethnicity
- 11.01: Is Anthropology the Science of Race
- 11.02: Race A Discredited Concept
- 11.03: Race As A Social Concept
- 11.04: Race In Three Nations
- 11.05: Ethnicity
- 11.06: A Melting Pot or A Salad Bowl
- 11.07: Sports Race Ethnicity and Diversity
- 11.08: End of Chapter Discussion
- 11.09: About the Author
- 12: Gender and Sexuality
- 12.01: Sex and Gender According to Anthropologists
- 12.02: Foundations of the Anthropology of Gender
- 12.03: The Gender Binary and Beyond
- 12.04: Gender Variability and Third Gender
- 12.05: Gender Stratification
- 12.06: New Directions in the Anthropology of Gender
- 12.07: Sexuality and Gender
- 12.08: End of Chapter Discussion
- 12.09: About the Authors
- 13: Globalization
- 13.01: Overview and Early Globalization
- 13.02: The Acceleration of Globalization
- 13.03: Selective Importation and Adaptation
- 13.04: Globalization in Everyday Life
- 13.05: Globalization and Neoliberalism
- 13.06: Responses to Globalization
- 13.07: Implications for Anthropology
- 13.08: End of Chapter Discussion
- 13.09: About the Authors
- 14: Supplemental Resources
- 14.01: Supplemental Chapters and Resources