Peter Metcalf

Anthropology: The Basics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Anthropology: The Basics explains and explores anthropological ideas, key anthropological thinkers, concepts and themes, and the history of anthropological ideas.

Produktdetails

• The Basics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU42276
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 216g
• ISBN-13: 9780415331203
• ISBN-10: 041533120X
• Artikelnr.: 20773916

Autorenporträt

Peter Metcalf is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia. His most recent publications include They Lie, We Lie: Getting On With Anthropology (2000), and Celebrations of Death: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual (with Richard Huntington, 1991).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Encountering Cultural Difference 2. Misunderstanding Cultural Difference 3. Social Dos and Dont's 4. African Political Systems 5. Anthropology, History and Imperialism 6. Culture and Language 7. Culture and Nature 8. The End of the Tribes 9. Culture and the Individual 10. Critical Anthropology

Rezensionen

'A good read, with instructive boxes and useful summaries, and it will doubtless whet many's appetite for more.' - Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo, Norway

'A good read, with instructive boxes and useful summaries, and it will doubtless whet many's appetite for more.' - Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo, Norway