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What is Cultural Anthropology about?

xxi, 452 pages : 26 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-431) and index 1. Anthropology and the study of culture. The fields of general anthropology -- Cultural anthropology's distinctive features -- The concept of culture -- Multiple cultural worlds -- Anthropology: a dynamic discipline for a changing world -- 2. Methods in Cultural Anthropology. The history of fieldwork in cultural anthropology -- Beginning the fieldwork process -- Working in the field -- Fieldwork techniques -- Recording culture -- Data analysis -- Ethics and responsibility in cultural anthropology -- Danger in the field -- New directions: toward participatory fieldwork -- 3. Eonomies and their modes of production. Cultural anthropology and economic systems -- Horticulture -- Pastoralism -- Agriculture -- Industrial and post-industrial economies -- 4. Consumption and exchange. Culture and consumption -- Consumption inequalities -- Consumption microcultures -- Culture and household budgeting -- Forbidden consumption: food taboos -- Culture and exchange -- Theories of exchange -- Changing patterns of consumption and exchange -- 5. Birth and death. Culture and reproductiion -- Sexual intercourse and fe

Author

Miller, Barbara D., 1948-

Publisher

Boston: Allyn and Bacon

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780205337408

Subjects

Sociology, Anthropology, Social_sciences