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xxv, 390 pages ; 24 cm This [text] is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in cultural anthropology. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading anthropologists and educators, reflect a variety of viewpoints, and have been selected for their liveliness and substance, their relevance to the topics included in college-level study of cultural anthropology, and because of their value in a debate framework.--Back cover First ed. published with part title: Clashing views on controversial issues in anthropology Includes bibliographical references and index Issue 1. Should anthropology stop trying to model itself on the natural sciences? / Yes: Clifford Geertz; No: Robert Carneiro -- Issue 2. Was Margaret Mead's fieldwork on Samoan adolescents fundamentally flawed? / Yes: Derek Freeman; No: Lowell D. Holmes and Ellen Rhoads Holmes -- Issue 3. Should anthropologists abandon the concept of culture? / Yes: Lila Abu-Lughod; No: Christoph Brumann -- Issue 4. Do native peoples today invent their traditions? / Yes: Roger M. Keesing; No: Haunani-Kay Trask -- Issue 5. Is Ebonics (Black English) a distinct language from standard English? / Yes: Ernie Smith

Author

Robert Louis Welsch; Kirk M Endicott

Publisher

Dubuque, Iowa: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Learning Series

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780073043968

Subjects

Anthropology, Science, Sociology

Rating

4.7 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14