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ANTH 205: Cultures of the World - Perspectives on Culture

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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.

Social Sciences
Author
Crystal Scheib
Publisher
HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 125 sections
  1. 01: Introduction to Anthropology
  2. 1.01: What is Anthropology
  3. 1.02: Anthropological Perspectives
  4. 1.03: Cultural Anthropology and the Other Subfields
  5. 1.04: Why is Anthropology Important
  6. 1.05: End of Chapter Discussion
  7. 1.06: About the Authors
  8. 02: What is Culture
  9. 2.01: What is Culture
  10. 2.02: The Capacity for Culture
  11. 2.03: Culture As An Adaptive Mechanism
  12. 2.04: Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism
  13. 2.05: Patterns of Culture
  14. 2.06: Levels of Culture
  15. 2.07: Culture Change
  16. 2.08: End of Chapter Discussion
  17. 03: Anthropological Theory
  18. 3.01: Development of Theories on Culture
  19. 3.02: Cultural Evolution
  20. 3.03: Anthropology in Europe
  21. 3.04: Anthropology in the United States
  22. 3.05: Franz Boas and His Students
  23. 3.06: Cultural Evolution Revisited
  24. 3.07: Some More Theories
  25. 3.08: End of Chapter Discussion
  26. 04: Methods and Fieldwork
  27. 4.01: Finding the Field
  28. 4.02: Making the Strange Familiar and the Familiar Strange
  29. 4.03: Traditional Ethnographic Approaches
  30. 4.04: Ethnography Today
  31. 4.05: Research Techniques and the Written Ethnography
  32. 4.06: Ethical Considerations
  33. 4.07: More on Ethics
  34. 4.08: End of Chapter Discussion
  35. 4.09: About the Authors
  36. 05: Language
  37. 5.01: Language
  38. 5.02: Biological Basis of Language and Language Aquisition
  39. 5.03: Human Language Compared with Other Species
  40. 5.04: Language Universals and the Structure of Language
  41. 5.05: Language Variation
  42. 5.06: Linguistic Relativity
  43. 5.07: Language In Its Social Setting
  44. 5.08: Historical Linguistics
  45. 5.09: Language Death Revitalization and the Digital Age
  46. 5.10: End of Chapter Discussion
  47. 5.11: About the Author
  48. 06: Subsistence
  49. 6.01: Subsistence Systems
  50. 6.02: Foraging
  51. 6.03: Pastoralism
  52. 6.04: Horticulture
  53. 6.05: Agriculture
  54. 6.06: The Global Agriculture System
  55. 6.07: End of Chapter Discussion
  56. 6.08: About the Author
  57. 07: Economics
  58. 7.01: Economics
  59. 7.02: Modes and Means of Production
  60. 7.03: Fair-trade and Informal Economies.
  61. 7.04: Modes of Exchange and Reciprocity
  62. 7.05: Redistribution and Market Economy
  63. 7.06: Consumption and Global Capitalism
  64. 7.07: Political Economy- Understanding Inequality
  65. 7.08: End of Chapter Discussion
  66. 7.09: About the Author
  67. 08: Political Organization
  68. 8.01: Political Organization and Socio-cultural Integration
  69. 8.02: Egalitarian Societies
  70. 8.03: Tribal Integration Law and Warfare
  71. 8.04: Ranked Societies and Chiefdoms
  72. 8.05: Stratified Societies and States
  73. 8.06: States Law and Warfare
  74. 8.07: Social Control
  75. 8.08: End of Chapter Discussion
  76. 8.09: About the Author
  77. 09: Family and Marriage
  78. 9.01: Family
  79. 9.02: Kinship and Descent
  80. 9.03: Kinship Systems and Terms
  81. 9.04: Marriage
  82. 9.05: Families and Households
  83. 9.06: Families and Cultural Change
  84. 9.07: End of Chapter Discussion
  85. 9.08: About the Author
  86. 10: Religion
  87. 10.01: Religion
  88. 10.02: Theories of Religion
  89. 10.03: Elements of Religion - Cosmologies and the Supernatural
  90. 10.04: Elements of Religion - Rules and Rituals
  91. 10.05: Religious Specialists
  92. 10.06: End of Chapter Discussion
  93. 10.07: About the Author
  94. 11: Race and Ethnicity
  95. 11.01: Is Anthropology the Science of Race
  96. 11.02: Race A Discredited Concept
  97. 11.03: Race As A Social Concept
  98. 11.04: Race In Three Nations
  99. 11.05: Ethnicity
  100. 11.06: A Melting Pot or A Salad Bowl
  101. 11.07: Sports Race Ethnicity and Diversity
  102. 11.08: End of Chapter Discussion
  103. 11.09: About the Author
  104. 12: Gender and Sexuality
  105. 12.01: Sex and Gender According to Anthropologists
  106. 12.02: Foundations of the Anthropology of Gender
  107. 12.03: The Gender Binary and Beyond
  108. 12.04: Gender Variability and Third Gender
  109. 12.05: Gender Stratification
  110. 12.06: New Directions in the Anthropology of Gender
  111. 12.07: Sexuality and Gender
  112. 12.08: End of Chapter Discussion
  113. 12.09: About the Authors
  114. 13: Globalization
  115. 13.01: Overview and Early Globalization
  116. 13.02: The Acceleration of Globalization
  117. 13.03: Selective Importation and Adaptation
  118. 13.04: Globalization in Everyday Life
  119. 13.05: Globalization and Neoliberalism
  120. 13.06: Responses to Globalization
  121. 13.07: Implications for Anthropology
  122. 13.08: End of Chapter Discussion
  123. 13.09: About the Authors
  124. 14: Supplemental Resources
  125. 14.01: Supplemental Chapters and Resources