ISBN:
9781849641180
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1849641188
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0585426252
,
9780585426259
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0745317723
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9780745317724
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0745317731
,
9780745317731
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 342 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Anthropology, culture, and society
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Eriksen, Thomas Hylland Small places, large issues
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Ethnology
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Ethnology
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Einführung
;
Lehrbuch
;
Einführung
;
Einführung
Abstract:
"Ranging from the Pacific islands to the Arctic north and from small villages to modern nation states, this introduction to social and cultural anthropology reveals the rich global variation in social life and culture. The text also provides an overview of anthropology, focusing on central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems, offering a wealth of examples that demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective. Small Places, Large Issues broadens the study to incorporate the anthropology of complex modern societies, thus providing a key text for all students of social and cultural anthropology. This new edition is updated throughout and includes a new chapter on the history of anthropology. It also shows why classic studies of small-scale societies are relevant for the study of complex phenomena such as nationalism, consumption and the Internet."--Jacket
Abstract:
Introduction : comparison and context -- A brief history of anthropology -- Fieldwork and its interpretation -- The social person -- Local organisation -- Person and society -- Kinship as descent -- Marriage and alliance -- Gender and age -- Social hierarchies -- Politics and power -- Exchange -- Production and technology -- Religion and ritual -- Modes of thought -- The challenge of multiple traditions -- Ethnicity -- The politics of identity : nationalism and minorities -- The global, the local, and the glocal -- Epilogue : and so what?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-331) and index. - Description based on print version record
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