Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology

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Carol Delaney (Stanford University, USA) Deborah Kaspin (Rhode Island College, USA)

Investigating Culture

An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology

Carol Delaney (Stanford University, USA), Deborah Kaspin (Rhode Island College, USA)

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Wiley-Blackwell
14 April 2017

Anthropology

The third edition of Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology, the highly praised innovative approach to introducing aspects of cultural anthropology to students, features a series of revisions, updates, and new material.

Offers a refreshing alternative to introductory anthropology texts by challenging students to think in new ways and apply cultural learnings to their own lives Chapters explore key anthropological concepts of human culture including: language, the body, food, and time, and provide an array of cultural examples in which to examine them Incorporates new material reflecting the authors’ research in Malawi, New England, and Spain Takes account of the latest information on such topical concerns as nuclear waste, sports injuries, the World Trade Center memorial, the food pyramid, fashion trends, and electronic media Includes student exercises, selected reading and additional suggested readings

By: Carol Delaney (Stanford University USA)
With: Deborah Kaspin (Rhode Island College USA)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 185mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 930g
ISBN: 9781118868621
ISBN 10: 1118868625
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 14 April 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments xi 1 Disorientation and Orientation 1 2 Spatial Locations 33 3 All We Have Is Time 79 4 Language: We Are What We Speak 113 5 Relatives and Relations 155 6 Our Bodies, Our Selves 193 7 Food for Thought 239 8 Clothing Matters 289 9 VIPs: Very Important People, Places, and Performances 341 Index 397

Carol Delaney is Associate Professor Emerita of Cultural and Social Anthropology at Stanford University. She is author of The Seed and the Soil: Gender and Cosmology in Turkish Village Society (1991), Abraham on Trial: The Social Legacy of Biblical Myth (1998), and Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem (2011). Deborah Kaspin is an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Rhode Island College and has also taught at Yale University, the University of Virginia, and Wheaton College. She is editor of Images and Empires: Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa (2002) with Paul Landau.

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Investigating Culture

An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology

Carol Delaney (Stanford University, USA), Deborah Kaspin (Rhode Island College, USA)

$64.95

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