Cultural anthropology & human experience : the feast of life
This volume introduces the basics of cultural anthropology, which seeks to understand the purpose and place of humans in the world. It includes anthropology as a social science, the concept of culture, an introduction to human evolution and to archaeology, ethnographic field methods, the importance of human language, human development, subsistence patterns, global economy, marriage and the family, gender issues, global politics and local political organization, social stratification, medical anthropology, ethnicity, the anthropology of religion, the arts, culture change, and applied anthropology. Culture is that complex whole which includes art, morals, law, politics, and any other capabilities acquired by humans as members of their society
Print Book, English, ©2011
Long Grove, IL. : Waveland Press, ©2011