Culture Counts
A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Published on 1. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-495-00787-6 (ISBN)
Description
Framed around the concept of culture, Nanda and Warms' brief book shows you how culture matters in driving and explaining human behavior, and that culture is a dynamic concept that interrelates various cultural systems in adaptive (or maladaptive) ways. The text focuses on how cultureua group of understandings, some explicit, some implicit, with recognizable norms and valuesuhelps direct and explain peoples' behavior, why this is important for understanding what is going on in the world today, and how we can solve problems and effect positive change. The authors will draw you into the book's concepts via engaging ethnographic storytelling and a conversational writing style that connects you to the topics. You'll focus on contemporary issues, issues of globalization, issues of gender, and issues of equalities and inequalitiesutopics that are important to both the study of anthropology and your understanding of the world around you.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-495-00787-6 (9780495007876)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. What is Anthropology and Why Should I Care? 2. Culture Counts. 3. Doing Cultural Anthropology. 4. Communication. 5. Making a Living. 6. Economics. 7. Marriage, Family, and Kinship. 8. Gender. 9. Political Organization. 10. Inequalities: Class and Caste. 11. Inequalities: Race and Ethnicity. 12. Religion. 13. Power, Conquest, and a World System. 14. Globalization and Change.