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Introduction to Anthropology

Introduction to Anthropology is a four-field text integrating diverse voices, engaging field activities, and meaningful themes like Indigenous experiences and social inequality to engage students and enrich learning. The text showcases the historical context of the discipline, with a strong focus on anthropology as a living and evolving field.

Anthropology Social Sciences

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01: What Is Anthropology
1.01: Introduction
1.02: The Study of Humanity or Anthropology Is Vast
1.03: The Four-Field Approach- Four Approaches within the Guiding Narrative
1.04: Overcoming Ethnocentrism
1.05: Western Bias in Our Assumptions about Humanity
1.06: Holism Anthropologys Distinctive Approach
1.07: Cross-Cultural Comparison and Cultural Relativism
1.08: Reaching for an Insiders Point of View
1.09: Key Terms
1.10: Summary
1.11: Critical Thinking Questions
1.12: Bibliography
02: Methods- Cultural and Archaeological
2.01: Introduction
2.02: Archaeological Research Methods
2.03: Conservation and Naturalism
2.04: Ethnography and Ethnology
2.05: Participant Observation and Interviewing
2.06: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
2.07: Collections
2.08: Key Terms
2.09: Summary
2.10: Critical Thinking Questions
2.11: Bibliography
03: Culture Concept Theory- Theories of Cultural Change
3.01: Introduction
3.02: The Homeyness of Culture
3.03: The Winkiness of Culture
3.04: The Elements of Culture
3.05: The Aggregates of Culture
3.06: Modes of Cultural Analysis
3.07: The Paradoxes of Culture
3.08: Key Terms
3.09: Summary
3.10: Critical Thinking Questions
3.11: Bibliography
04: Biological Evolution and Early Human Evidence
4.01: Introduction
4.02: What Is Biological Anthropology
4.03: Whats in a Name The Science of Taxonomy
4.04: Its All in the Genes The Foundation of Evolution
4.05: Evolution in Action- Past and Present
4.06: What Is a Primate
4.07: Origin of and Classification of Primates
4.08: Our Ancient Past- The Earliest Hominins
4.09: Key Terms
4.10: Summary
4.11: Critical Thinking Questions
4.12: Bibliography
05: The Genus Homo and the Emergence of Us
5.01: Introduction
5.02: Defining the Genus Homo
5.03: Tools and Brains- Homo habilis Homo ergaster and Homo erectus
5.04: The Emergence of Us- The Archaic Homo
5.05: Tracking Genomes- Our Human Story Unfolds
5.06: Key Terms
5.07: Summary
5.08: Critical Thinking Questions
5.09: Bibliography
06: Language and Communication
6.01: Introduction
6.02: The Emergence and Development of Language
6.03: Language and the Mind
6.04: Language Community and Culture
6.05: Performativity and Ritual
6.06: Language and Power
6.07: Key Terms
6.08: Summary
6.09: Critical Thinking Questions
6.10: Bibliography
07: Work Life and Value- Economic Anthropology
7.01: Introduction
7.02: Economies- Two Ways to Study Them
7.03: Modes of Subsistence
7.04: Gathering and Hunting
7.05: Pastoralism
7.06: Plant Cultivation- Horticulture and Agriculture
7.07: Exchange Value and Consumption
7.08: Industrialism and Postmodernity
7.09: Key Terms
7.10: Summary
7.11: Critical Thinking Questions
7.12: Bibliography
08: Authority Decisions and Power- Political Anthropology
8.01: Introduction
8.02: Colonialism and the Categorization of Political Systems
8.03: Acephalous Societies- Bands and Tribes
8.04: Centralized Societies- Chiefdoms and States
8.05: Modern Nation-States
8.06: Resistance Revolution and Social Movements
8.07: Key Terms
8.08: Summary
8.09: Critical Thinking Questions
8.10: Bibliography
09: Social Inequality
9.01: Introduction
9.02: Theories of Inequity and Inequality
9.03: Systems of Inequality
9.04: Intersections of Inequality
9.05: Studying In- Addressing Inequities within Anthropology
9.06: Key Terms
9.07: Critical Thinking Questions
9.08: Bibliography
10: The Global Impact of Human Migration
10.01: Introduction
10.02: Peopling of the World
10.03: Early Global Movements and Cultural Hybridity
10.04: Peasantry and Urbanization
10.05: Inequality along the Margins
10.06: Key Terms
10.07: Summary
10.08: Critical Thinking Questions
10.09: Bibliography
11: Forming Family through Kinship
11.01: Introduction
11.02: What Is Kinship
11.03: Defining Family and Household
11.04: Reckoning Kinship across Cultures
11.05: Marriage and Families across Cultures
11.06: Key Terms
11.07: Summary
11.08: Critical Thinking Questions
11.09: Bibliography
12: Gender and Sexuality
12.01: Introduction
12.02: Sex Gender and Sexuality in Anthropology
12.03: Performing Gender Categories
12.04: The Power of Gender- Patriarchy and Matriarchy
12.05: Sexuality and Queer Anthropology
12.06: Key Terms
12.07: Summary
12.08: Critical Thinking Questions
12.09: Bibliography
13: Religion and Culture
13.01: Introduction
13.02: What Is Religion
13.03: Symbolic and Sacred Space
13.04: Myth and Religious Doctrine
13.05: Rituals of Transition and Conformity
13.06: Other Forms of Religious Practice
13.07: Key Terms
13.08: Summary
13.09: Critical Thinking Questions
13.10: Bibliography
14: Anthropology of Food
14.01: Introduction
14.02: Food as a Material Artifact
14.03: A Biocultural Approach to Food
14.04: Food and Cultural Identity
14.05: The Globalization of Food
14.06: Key Terms
14.07: Summary
14.08: Critical Thinking Questions
14.09: Bibliography
15: Anthropology of Media
15.01: Introduction
15.02: Putting the Mass into Media
15.03: Putting Culture into Media Studies
15.04: Visual Anthropology and Ethnographic Film
15.05: Photography Representation and Memory
15.06: News Media the Public Sphere and Nationalism
15.07: Community Development and Broadcast Media
15.08: Broadcasting Modernity and National Identity
15.09: Digital Media New Socialities
15.10: Key Terms
15.11: Summary
15.12: Critical Thinking Questions
15.13: Bibliography
16: Art Music and Sport
16.01: Introduction
16.02: Anthropology of the Arts
16.03: Anthropology of Music
16.04: An Anthropological View of Sport throughout Time
16.05: Anthropology Representation and Performance
16.06: Key Terms
16.07: Summary
16.08: Critical Thinking Questions
16.09: Bibliography
17: Medical Anthropology
17.01: Introduction
17.02: What Is Medical Anthropology
17.03: Ethnomedicine
17.04: Theories and Methods
17.05: Applied Medical Anthropology
17.06: Key Terms
17.07: Summary
17.08: Critical Thinking Questions
17.09: Bibliography
18: Human-Animal Relationship
18.01: Introduction
18.02: Humans and Animals
18.03: Animals and Subsistence
18.04: Symbolism and Meaning of Animals
18.05: Pet-Keeping
18.06: Animal Industries and the Animal Trade
18.07: Key Terms
18.08: Summary
18.09: Critical Thinking Questions
18.10: Bibliography
19: Indigenous Anthropology
19.01: Introduction
19.02: Indigenous Peoples
19.03: Colonization and Anthropology
19.04: Indigenous Agency and Rights
19.05: Applied and Public Anthropology and Indigenous Peoples
19.06: Key Terms
19.07: Summary
19.08: Critical Thinking Questions
19.09: Bibliography
20: Anthropology on the Ground
20.01: Introduction
20.02: Our Challenging World Today
20.03: Why Anthropology Matters
20.04: What Anthropologists Can Do
20.05: Key Terms
20.06: Summary
20.07: Critical Thinking Questions
20.08: Bibliography