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Through the lens of cultural anthropology
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Boxes; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Preface; Note to Instructors; Note to Students; CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology; Learning Objectives; Introduction: The Lens of Cultural Anthropology; The Culture Concept; The Field of Anthropology; Frameworks; A Brief History of Anthropological Thought; Anthropology and Colonialism; The Importance of Cultural Anthropology Today; Summary; Review Questions; Discussion Questions; CHAPTER 2: Studying Contemporary Culture; Learning Objectives
Introduction: Studying CultureWhat Are the Parts of Culture?; Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism; Cultural Adaptation and Maladaptation; The Functions of Culture; Child Rearing; Fieldwork Methods and Ethics; Applied Anthropology; Summary; Review Questions; Discussion Questions; CHAPTER 3: Race and Ethnicity; Learning Objectives; Introduction: Is Race Real?; Human Race Is Not Biological; Biocultural Connections: Prejudice and Health; History of the Race Concept; Defining Ethnicity; The Privilege of Fair Skin; Discrimination Based on Caste; Summary; Review Questions; Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 4: LanguageLearning Objectives; Introduction: Language and Culture; Definition of Language; Language Origins; Language and Communication: Signs and Symbols; What Does a Linguistic Anthropologist Do?; Communication beyond Words; Ethnolinguistics; Signed Languages; Language Use in the Digital Age; Language Loss; Language Revitalization; Summary; Review Questions; Discussion Questions; CHAPTER 5: Food; Learning Objectives; Introduction: Food-Getting Practices; Adaptive Strategies: Food Foragers and Food Producers; Food Foragers; Food Producers: Horticulturalists
Food Producers: PastoralistsFood Producers: Intensive Agriculturalists; Food Producers: Industrialism; Globalization of Food; The Human Diet; Summary; Review Questions; Discussion Questions; CHAPTER 6: Economic Resources; Learning Objectives; Introduction: Who Gets What and How?; What Drives Economic Decisions?; Production: Making the Things People Need and Want; Distribution: How People Get the Things They Need and Want; Consumption: How People Use the Things They Need and Want; Summary; Review Questions; Discussion Questions; CHAPTER 7: Marriage and Family; Learning Objectives
Introduction: Marriage and FamilyDefining Marriage; Spouses: How Many and Who Is Eligible?; Family Residence Patterns; Marriage as Economic Exchange; Kinship; Summary; Review Questions; Discussion Questions; CHAPTER 8: Gender and Sexuality; Learning Objectives; Introduction: Social Roles Based on Sex and Gender; Defining Sex, Gender, and Sexuality; Sexual Identity; Masculine and Feminine; Gender Identity; Gendered Body Modification; Gendered Speech; Gender Inequality; Gendered Occupations; Summary; Review Questions; Discussion Questions; CHAPTER 9: Politics and Power; Learning Objectives
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2019