Chapter 1 Introduction: What Is Anthropology?1
1. Introduction2
2. Physical/Biological Anthropology3
3. Archaeology4
4. Linguistic Anthropology5
5. Cultural Anthropology6
6. Conclusion7
Chapter 2 What Is Culture?11
1. Introduction12
2. Main Features of Culture13
3. Cultural Transmission (Enculturation)14
4. Cultural Changes15
5. Cultural Universals vs Cultural Differences16
6. Conclusion17
Chapter 3 Understanding and Explaining Culture23
1. Introduction24
2. Nineteenth-Century Evolutionism25
3. Boasian Anthropology26
4. French Sociology & British Functionalism27
5. Materialist Approaches28
6. Structuralism & Cognitive Anthropology29
7. Recent Theories30
8. Conclusion31
Chapter 4 Methods of Cultural Anthropology37
1. Introduction38
2. Ethnography in a Historical Perspective 39
3. Stages of Field Research40
4. Data Collection Techniques41
5. Conclusion43
Chapter 5 Language and Communication49
1. Introduction50
2. Uniqueness of Human Language50
3. Origin and History of Language51
4. Language and Cognition53
5. Major Fields of Structural Linguistics54
6. Other Branches of Linguistics55
7. Sociolinguistics56
8. Non-Verbal Communication58
9. Conclusion59
Chapter 6 Subsistence Strategies63
1. Introduction64
2. Foraging65
3. Horticulture67
4. Pastoralism68
5. Intensive Agriculture70
6. Industrialized Agriculture71
7. Conclusion73
Chapter 7 Economic Systems 77
1. Introduction78
2. Modes of Production79
3. Modes of Distribution81
4. Modes of Consumption85
5. Conclusion87
Chapter 8 Marriage and the Family91
1. Introduction92
2. Marriage: An Overview93
3. Marriage Rules94
4. Marriage and Economic Exchange98
5. Forms of the Family99
6. Residence Patterns99
7. Conclusion100
Chapter 9 Kinship System105
1. Introduction106
2. Descent Groups107
3. Unilineal Descent Groups107
4. Cognatic (Non-Unilineal) Descent Groups112
5. Kinship Classification113
6. Conclusion115
Chapter 10 Sex and Gender121
1. Introduction122
2. Alternative Sex/Gender123
3. Human Sexuality124
4. Rites of Passage127
5. Gender Roles128
6. Is Male Dominance Universal?129
7. Consequences of Gender Stratification129
8. Conclusion130
Chapter 11 Social Stratification135
1. Introduction136
2. Types of Societies137
3. Stratified Societies137
4. Race, Racism & Ethnicity142
5. Patterns of Ethnic Relations143
6. Conclusion145
Chapter 12 Political Life149
1. Introduction150
2. Uncentralized Political Organizations151
3. Centralized Political Organizations151
4. Social Control153
5. Conclusion159
Chapter 13 Religion and Magic163
1. Introduction164
2. Functions of Religion165
3. Development of Religion166
4. Magic166
5. Other Practices167
6. Types of Religious Organizations168
7. Conclusion171
Chapter 14 The Arts177
1. Introduction178
2. Visual Arts179
3. Verbal Arts180
4. Performing Arts181
5. Popular Culture182
6. Conclusion184
Chapter 15 Health and Illness189
1. Introduction190
2. Defining Health Problems191
3. A Health System192
4. Three Theoretical Approaches198
5. Global Health Issues199
6. Conclusion200
Chapter 16 Applied Anthropology205
1. Introduction206
2. Traditional Applied Anthropology207
3. Applied Cultural Anthropology209
4. Three Theoretical Approaches to Globalization and International Development211
5. Challenges of Globalization213
6. Conclusion214
References219
Pictures229