Full Description
Explore cultural anthropology and its relevance in today's world with CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: AN APPLIED PERSPECTIVE, Eleventh Edition. Interesting real-world examples and applications of the principles and practices of anthropology help you appreciate other cultures as well as your own -- and apply what you learn to situations in your personal and professional life. Throughout the book, the authors provide examples of non-academic career opportunities.
Contents
1. What Is Anthropology?
2. The Concept of Culture.
3. Applied Anthropology.
4. The Growth of Anthropological Theory.
5. Methods in Cultural and Applied Cultural Anthropology.
6. Language and Communication.
7. Subsistence Patterns.
8. Economics.
9. Marriage and the Family.
10. Kinship and Descent.
11. Sex and Gender.
12. Social Stratification.
13. Political Organization and Social Control.
14. Belief Systems.
15. Art.
16. Global Challenges and the Role of Applied Anthropology.
