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" Elements of culture : "
Susan Andreatta, Gary Ferraro
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BL
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640286
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Andreatta, Susan
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Elements of culture : : an applied perspective /\ Susan Andreatta, Gary Ferraro
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| Publication Statement
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Australia ;[Belmont, CA] :: Wadsworth/Cengage,, ©2013
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xxiv, 376 pages :: color illustrations, color map ;; 22 cm
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9781111830007
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: 1111830002
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: 9781111836313
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: 1111836310
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: 1111831793
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: 9781111831790
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-355) and index
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| Contents
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1. What is anthropology? -- Physical anthropology -- Paleoanthropology -- Primatology -- Physical variations among humans -- Archaeology -- Anthropological linguistics -- Cultural anthropology -- Areas of specialization -- Guiding principles -- Holism -- Ethnocentrism -- Cultural relativism -- Contributions of anthropology -- Enhancing understanding -- Building skills for the twenty-first century -- The bottom line : understanding other cultures -- Out in the real world : anthropologist develops a new breakfast food -- 2. The concept of culture -- Need to understand culture when designing housing -- Culture defined -- Culture is shared -- Culture is learned -- Learning versus instincts -- Learning different cultural content -- Culture is taken for granted -- Culture influences biological processes -- Cultural universals -- Culture is adaptive and maladaptive -- Cultures are generally integrated -- Cultures change -- Processes of culture change -- Linked cultural changes -- Culture, race, and ethnicity -- Culture and the individual -- Out in the real world : cross-cultural coaching -- 3. Applied anthropology -- Working on HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe : an applied anthropologist's contribution -- Applied versus non-applied anthropology -- Recent history of applied anthropology -- Special features of anthropology -- Specialized roles of applied anthropologists -- Examples of applied anthropology -- Urban anthropology -- Medical anthropology -- Development anthropology -- Ecological anthropology -- Career opportunities in applied anthropology -- Out in the real world : how a study-abroad experience can lead to a career in applied anthropology -- 4. Anthropological theory and methods -- Training in medical anthropology equips researcher for fieldwork in Afghanistan -- Evolutionism -- Diffusionism -- American historicism -- Functionalism -- Psychological anthropology -- Neoevolutionism -- French structuralism -- Ethnoscience -- Feminist anthropology -- Cultural materialism -- Postmodernism -- Concluding thoughts on anthropological theory -- Ethnographic methods : doing cultural anthropology -- Preparing for fieldwork -- Stages of field research -- Data-gathering techniques -- Pains and gains of fieldwork -- Culture shock -- Biculturalism -- Ethics of cultural anthropology -- Out in the real world : climate change and scarce resources
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5. Language and communication -- Social networking influences language and culture on a global scale -- The nature of language -- Diversity of language -- Communication : human versus nonhuman -- Open and closed communication systems -- Structure of language -- Phonology -- Morphemes -- Grammar -- Language change -- Language and culture -- Linguistic style -- Sociolinguistics -- Specialized vocabularies -- Language, nationalism, and ethnic identity -- Nonverbal communication -- Hand gestures -- Posture (body stance) -- Touching -- Communication and technology in the twenty-first century -- Out in the real world : learning a foreign language or American Sign Language -- 6. Subsistence patterns, environment, and economics -- Secondary education influences survival strategies for East African pastoralists -- Human adaptation -- Environment and technology -- Major food-gathering strategies -- Hunting-and-gathering societies -- Food-producting societies -- Out in the real world : niche marketing for local commercial fishermen -- 7. Kinship, marriage, and family -- Kinship and family patterns help local villagers slow down the spread of infectious diseases -- Kinship defined -- Using kinship diagrams -- Principles of kinship classification -- Formation of descent groups -- Residence patterns -- Marriage and the family -- Marriage and the family : functions -- Mate selection : who is out of bounds -- Mate selection : whom should you marry? -- Exogamy -- Endogamy -- Arranged marriages -- Preferential cousin marriages -- The Levirate and Sororate -- Number of spouses -- Monogamy -- Polygamy -- Polyandry -- Economic considerations of marriage -- Bridewealth -- Bride service -- Dowry -- Divorce -- Family structure -- Nuclear family -- Extended family -- Kinship and the modern world -- Out in the real world: a crisis of births and family planning in Italy
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8. Sex, gender, and sexuality -- Son preference : new reproductive technologies and family-building strategies in India -- Human sexuality -- Gender roles -- Gender stratification -- Gender ideology -- Exploitation caused by gender ideology -- Gender in the United States -- Out in the real world : assisting Afghan women in health care and education -- 9. Political organization and social control -- Monolingualism and homeland security -- Types of political organizations -- Band societies -- Tribal societies -- Chiefdoms -- State societies -- Variations in political structures -- Social control -- Out in the real world : should anthropologists work for the military? -- 10. Supernatural beliefs -- Religious freedom in Florida -- Defining religion -- Religion and magic -- Functions of religion -- Types of religious organizations -- Individualistic cults -- Shamanistic cults -- Communal cults -- Ecclesiastical cults -- Religion : continuity and change -- Global changes in world religions -- Out in the real world : anthropology, medicine, and religion -- 11. Art -- Music and urban revitalization in Brazil -- What is art? -- Differences in art forms -- The functions of art -- Emotional gratification for the individual -- Social integration -- Social control -- Preserving or challenging the status quo -- Graphic and plastic arts -- Music -- Ethnomusicology -- Dance -- Functions of dance -- Dance and other aspects of culture -- Film : a recent art form -- Art : continuity and change -- Out in the real world : anthropologist-turned detective finds stolen African statues -- 12. Global challenges and the role of applied anthropology -- Sustainable economic development for marginalized peoples -- Cultural survival of indigenous peoples -- Climate change and applied anthropology -- Conclusions -- Out in the real world : a cultural anthropologist revitalizes the small town of Star, North Carolina
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Ethnology
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Applied anthropology
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306
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GN316.A53 2013
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GN316.A53 2013
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Ferraro, Gary P
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Culture : an applied perspective
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