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ANTHRO 130: Intro to Cultural Anthropology

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ANTHRO 130: Intro to Cultural Anthropology

This is a class of Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. The chapters selected to make this free textbook are a compilation of writings that are meant to introduce you to the basics of anthropological research. This is an auxiliary source, most of the class will be completed on canvas, but you will need to read these articles to get familiar with the history, theory and methodology of anthropology. [This is an image from a Mural by Mexican artist Jorge González Camarena (1908-1980).

Social Sciences
Author
Carlos Bazua
Publisher
Diablo Valley College
Source
LibreTexts
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 81 sections
  1. 01: Development of Anthropological Ideas
  2. 1.01: The Development of Anthropological Ideas (Nader)
  3. 1.02: Globalization
  4. 1.2.01: Introduction to Globalization
  5. 1.2.02: Globalization
  6. 1.2.03: Modernization
  7. 1.2.04: Development
  8. 1.2.05: GNI Per Capita Atlas Method (Current US )
  9. 1.2.06: Technology
  10. 1.2.07: The Global Digital Divide
  11. 1.2.08: Global Life Expectancy and Mortality Statistics
  12. 1.2.09: Global Warming
  13. 1.2.10: Indigenous People
  14. 1.2.11: Cultural Survival
  15. 1.2.12: Multiculturalism
  16. 02: Culture
  17. 2.01: Culture Concept (Cowall and Mederios)
  18. 03: Fieldwork
  19. 3.01: Doing Fieldwork- Methods in Cultural Anthropology (Nelson)
  20. 04: Language
  21. 4.01: Language (Light)
  22. 05: Human Origins
  23. 5.01: Who Are We
  24. 5.02: The (Un)Making of The Modern Body
  25. 5.03: Challenge Three- The 28 Day Challenge
  26. 5.04: Skin Color and UV Index
  27. 06: Seeing like an Anthropologist
  28. 6.01: Seeing Like an Anthropologist (Cochrane)
  29. 07: Race and Racism
  30. 7.01: Race and Ethnicity (Garcia)
  31. 7.02: Deconstructing Race and Racism
  32. 7.03: Social Constructions of Race
  33. 7.04: Eugenics in the United States
  34. 7.05: Race and Ethnicity (Garcia)
  35. 08: Play and Sport
  36. 8.01: Play
  37. 8.02: Sport
  38. 8.03: Chapter Glossary and References
  39. 09: 1491 A Historical Acknowledgement
  40. 9.01: In 1491 how many people were living in the Americas how did they get here how long had they been here and what had they accomplished
  41. 9.02: Suggested Question
  42. 9.03: Suggested Resources
  43. 9.04: The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Creation Story
  44. 9.05: The Jicarilla Apache Genesis Story
  45. 10: Gender and Sexuality
  46. 10.01: Gender and Sexuality (Mukhopadhyay Blumenfield Harper and Gondek)
  47. 11: Kinship
  48. 11.01: Family and Marriage (Gilliland)
  49. 11.02: All Our Relations
  50. 11.2.01: Kinship Study
  51. 11.2.02: Suggested Questions
  52. 11.2.03: Suggested Resources
  53. 12: Social Stratification
  54. 12.01: Social Networks
  55. 12.02: Social Groups
  56. 12.03: Counterculture Groups
  57. 12.04: Achieved Status vs. Ascribed Status
  58. 12.05: Power
  59. 12.06: Conflict
  60. 12.07: Chapter Glossary and References
  61. 13: Globalization and Migration
  62. 13.01: Globalization and Migration
  63. 13.02: Citizenship
  64. 13.03: Chapter Glossary and References
  65. 14: Economics and Politics
  66. 14.01: Economics (Lyon)
  67. 14.02: Political Anthropology - A Cross-Cultural Comparison (McDowell)
  68. 15: Religion
  69. 15.01: Religion (Henninger-Rener)
  70. 15.02: Ritual and Religion
  71. 15.2.01: Ritual Religion and Myth
  72. 15.2.02: Origin of Religion
  73. 15.2.03: Functions of Religion
  74. 15.2.04: Concepts of Supernatural Beings
  75. 15.2.05: How Beliefs are Expressed
  76. 15.2.06: Syncretism and Exclusivism
  77. 15.2.07: Religious Specialists
  78. 15.2.08: Ritual
  79. 15.2.09: World Religions
  80. 15.2.10: Doomsday Cults
  81. 15.2.11: Chapter Glossary and References