Investigating Culture

An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology

Carol Delaney, Deborah Kaspin

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Année: 2011
• ISBN:
  9781444396911
• Édition: 2
• Sujet: Sciences sociales
• Sous-sujet: Anthropologie culturelle et sociale

In its new Second Edition, the innovative and ever-popular Investigating Culture has been updated and revised to incorporate new teacher and student feedback. Carol Delaney and Deborah Kaspin provide an expanded introduction to cultural anthropology that is even more accessible to students.

• Revised and enhanced new edition that incorporates additional material and classroom feedback
• Accessible to a wider range of students and educational settings
• Provides a refreshing alternative to traditional textbooks by challenging students to think in new ways and to apply ideas of culture to their own lives
• Focuses on the ways that humans orient themselves, e.g., in space and time, according to language, food, the body, and the symbols provided by public myth and ritual
• Includes chapters that frame the central issues and provide examples from a range of cultures, with selected readings, additional suggested readings, and student exercises

Table des matières

• Cover
• Half title page
• Dedication
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Preface to Second Edition
• Acknowledgments
• CHAPTER 1 Disorientation and Orientation
• CHAPTER 2 Spatial Locations
• CHAPTER 3 All We Have Is Time
• CHAPTER 4 Language: We Are What We Speak
• CHAPTER 5 Relatives and Relations
• CHAPTER 6 Our Bodies, Our Selves
• CHAPTER 7 Food for Thought
• CHAPTER 8 Clothing Matters
• CHAPTER 9 VIPs: Very Important People, Places, and Performances
• Index