ISBN:
0192853465
,
9780192853462
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (155 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Very short introductions
Parallel Title:
Print version Social and Cultural Anthropology : A Very Short Introduction
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Ethnology
;
Anthropology
;
Anthropology
;
Ethnology
;
Electronic books
;
Einführung
Abstract:
This introduction to social and cultural anthropology combines an account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with examples of anthropologists at work. The book ends with an assessment of anthropology's current position and a look forward to its future
Description / Table of Contents:
""Preliminaries""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Maps""; ""A Very Short Introduction""; ""1 A Dispute in Donggo: Fieldwork and Ethnography""; ""2 Bee Larvae and Onion Soup: Culture""; ""3 A Brief Encounter: Society""; ""4 Fernando Seeks a Wife: Sex and Blood""; ""5 La Bose Becomes Bakar: Caste, Class, Tribe, Nation""; ""6 A Feast in Nuyoo: People and Their Things""; ""7 A Drought in Bima: People and Their Gods""; ""8 Ã?añuu MarÃa Gets Hit by Lightning: People and Their Selves""; ""Afterword: Some Things Weâ€?ve Learned""; ""Further Reading""; ""Index""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-148) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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