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Cultural Anthropology

Anthropology is the holistic and scientific study of humanity. Cultural Anthropology focuses on contemporary human cultures, their beliefs, myths, values, practices, technologies, economies and other domains of social and cognitive organization. The detailed descriptions of culture, or ethnography, are based upon a methodology of primary data collection through participant observation with living human populations.

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Contents· 82 sections
  1. 1: Introduction to Anthropology and Culture
  2. 1.1: What is Anthropology
  3. 1.2: Qualitative Method
  4. 1.3: Anthropology Today
  5. 1.4: Chapter Glossary and References
  6. 2: History of Anthropological Theory
  7. 2.1: History
  8. 2.2: A Look Into History
  9. 2.3: Historic Cultural Anthropologists
  10. 2.4: References
  11. 3: Anthropological Methods
  12. 3.1: Human Cultural Variation
  13. 3.2: Origins of Ethnography
  14. 3.3: Fieldwork Methods
  15. 3.4: Types of Analysis
  16. 3.5: Chapter Glossary and References
  17. 4: Communication and Language
  18. 4.1: Nonverbal Communication Among Primates
  19. 4.2: Human Nonverbal Communication
  20. 4.3: Sign Languages
  21. 4.4: Features of Language
  22. 4.5: The Structure of Language
  23. 4.6: Language and Thought
  24. 4.7: Language Change
  25. 4.8: Chapter Glossary and References
  26. 5: Play Sport and Arts
  27. 5.1: Play
  28. 5.2: Sport
  29. 5.3: Chapter Glossary and References
  30. 6: Ritual and Religion
  31. 6.01: Ritual Religion and Myth
  32. 6.02: Origin of Religion
  33. 6.03: Functions of Religion
  34. 6.04: Concepts of Supernatural Beings
  35. 6.05: How Beliefs are Expressed
  36. 6.06: Syncretism and Exclusivism
  37. 6.07: Religious Specialists
  38. 6.08: Ritual
  39. 6.09: World Religions
  40. 6.10: Doomsday Cults
  41. 6.11: Chapter Glossary and References
  42. 7: Production Inequality and Development
  43. 7.1: Adaptive Strategies
  44. 7.2: Modes of Production
  45. 7.3: Consumption
  46. 7.4: Modes of Exchange
  47. 7.5: Economizing
  48. 7.6: Microfinance
  49. 7.7: Chapter Glossary and References
  50. 8: Health and Healing
  51. 8.1: Theoretical Approaches in Medical Anthropology
  52. 8.2: Ethnomedicine
  53. 8.3: Medical Systems
  54. 8.4: Globalization and Health
  55. 8.5: Mental Health and Culture-Bound Syndromes
  56. 8.6: Chapter Glossary and References
  57. 9: Human Rights
  58. 9.1: Human Rights
  59. 9.2: Human Rights and Cultural Relevance
  60. 9.3: Chapter Glossary and References
  61. 10: Marriage Reproduction and Kinship
  62. 10.1: Sexuality
  63. 10.2: Gender
  64. 10.3: Reproduction
  65. 10.4: Marriage
  66. 10.5: Divorce
  67. 10.6: Kinship
  68. 10.7: Genealogy
  69. 10.8: Friendship
  70. 10.9: Chapter Glossary and References
  71. 11: Social Stratification Power and Conflict
  72. 11.1: Social Networks
  73. 11.2: Social Groups
  74. 11.3: Counterculture Groups
  75. 11.4: Achieved Status vs. Ascribed Status
  76. 11.5: Power
  77. 11.6: Conflict
  78. 11.7: Chapter Glossary and References
  79. 12: Globalization and Migration
  80. 12.1: Globalization and Migration
  81. 12.2: Citizenship
  82. 12.3: Chapter Glossary and References