ISBN:
9781849645676
,
1849645671
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 364 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
3rd ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Anthropology, culture and society
Uniform Title:
Små steder, store spørsmål 〈English〉
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Eriksen, Thomas Hylland Small places, large issues
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Sociology Leermiddelen (vorm)
;
Ethnology
;
Sociology
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Ethnology
;
Sociology
;
Kulturanthropologie
;
Ethnologie
;
Culturele antropologie
;
Socialantropologi
;
Leermiddelen (vorm)
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Anthropology : comparison and context -- A brief history of anthropology -- Fieldwork and ehtnography -- The social person -- Local organisation [i.e. organization] -- Person and society -- Kinship as descent -- Marriage and relatedness -- Gender and age -- Caste and class -- Politics and power -- Exchange and consumption -- Production, nature and technology -- Religion and ritual -- Language and cognition -- Complexity and change -- Ethnicity -- Nationalism and minorities -- Anthropology and the paradoxes of globalisation [i.e. globalization] -- Epilogue: Making anthropology matter.
Abstract:
Ranging from Pacific islands to the Arctic north, and from small villages to modern nation states, this concise introduction to social anthropology reveals the rich global variation in social life and culture
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-350) and index. - Description based on print version record
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