Maxine Weisgrau, Abraham Rosman, Paula G. Rubel

Tapestry of Culture

An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The celebrated introduction to anthropology fully revised for today's globalized world

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Eleventh Edition
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 203mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 933g
• ISBN-13: 9781538163818
• ISBN-10: 1538163810
• Artikelnr.: 67215764

Autorenporträt

Maxine Weisgrau is adjunct associate professor of anthropology at Columbia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1 Anthropological Perspectives
Learning Objectives
Studying Culture: Assumptions and Debates
Human Evolution and Culture: The Emergence of Anatomically Modern Humans
Cultural Universals: What characteristics do all humans share?
Analyzing and Writing about Culture: A Brief History of Anthropological
Approaches
Fieldwork and Ethnography in the 21st Century
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
2 Anthropological Methods
Learning Objectives
Fieldwork
Anthropology Moves to the Study of Complex Societies
Studying Rituals Across Time and Space: The Comparative Approach
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
3 Language and Culture
Learning Objectives
The Evolution of Spoken Language Capacity
The Structure of Language
Language Change and Historical Linguistics
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
4 Learning Who We Are: Culture and The Individual
Learning Objectives
Parenting and Alloparenting
What is Human Nature? Nature, Nurture and Beyond the Dichotomy
How Children Learn to Communicate
Culture and Personality
Emotional Expression and Cultural Norms
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
5 Symbols and Their Meanings
Learning Objectives
Categories of Symbols
The Symbolism of Food
Social Groups, Social Categories, and Their Symbols
Symbolic Meanings of Space
Body Symbolism
The Symbolism of Sports
Universal Symbols
Symbols, Politics, and Authority
Public Memorials and Monuments: Creating and Contesting Symbols of History
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
6 Ties That Connect: Marriage, Family, and Kinship
Learning Objectives
Marriage
Descent Systems
Relations Between Groups through Marriage
Kinship Terminology Systems
Varieties of American Families
Marriage, Migration, and State Policy
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
7 Gender, Sexualities, and Age
Learning Objectives
Theorizing Gender and Sexuality
Work and Gender
Categories Based on Age
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
8 Economic Organization: Production, Distribution, and Consumption
Learning Objectives
Production
The Introduction of Agriculture
Animal Domestication and Pastoralism
The Organization of Work
Distribution
The Market System
Consumption
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
9 Power, Politics, and Conflict
Learning Objectives
Concepts in Political Anthropology
Forms of Political Organization
War and Peace
Law in Postcolonial States
Empowerment
Politics in Contemporary States
Patron-Client Relationship
Political Economy
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
10 Belief Systems, Rituals, and the Spirit World
Learning Objectives
Religion Studied/ Religion Defined?
Ritual: Approaching the Supernatural
Rites of Intensification: Practice and Politics
Stories about the Supernatural World
Analyzing Myths: Historical and Contemporary Views
Religion, History, and Science
Conceptualizing the Supernatural
Religious Specialists
Religious Syncretism: Religions and Their Adaptations to Change
Cyberspace and Religion
Politics, Religion, and States
Why Religion?
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
11 Places and Spaces of Creative Expression
Learning Objectives
Art as Communication, Experience, and Resistance
Art and Artists
Performance and Creativity
Cinema and Global Flows
Collection and Displays: Conflicts and Reconciliation
The International Art World Today: Creating Value and Cost
The Internet and Social Media: Anthropological Perspectives
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
12 Global Health and Wellness
COVID-19, Public Health Policy, and Inequalities
Disease and Health
Confronting Inequality: UN Sustainable Development Goals
Food Security and Nutrition
Focus on Women's Health
Valuing Toilets: Sanitation/Gender/Health
Climate Change and Health
Psychological and Mental Well Being
Community Health Worker Intervention Initiatives and Program Evaluation
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
13 Living/Working in the Globalized World: Colonialism, Globalization, and
Development
Colonialism, Globalization, and Anthropology
New Ireland: A History of Increasing Incorporation into the Global System
Development History and Strategies
Anthropology and Change
Ethnography and Development
People on the Move
Migration and Transnationalism
"Movers" and "Non-Movers": Ethnography Perspectives
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
14 States and Identities: Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism
Racism and Critical Race Theory
Nation Building
Cultural Identity: Reasserted and Transformed in Modern States
Ethnic Differences, Ethnic Violence, and the New Nation of Afghanistan
European Immigration and Multiculturalism in the United States
Summary
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Suggested Websites
Epilogue
Glossary
References
Index