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Author: Gary Ferraro,Susan Andreatta
Explore cultural anthropology and its relevance in today’s world with Gary Ferraro and Susan Andreatta’s CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: AN APPLIED PERSPECTIVE, Tenth Edition. This contemporary book provides interesting real-world examples and applications of the principles and practices of anthropology, helping readers appreciate other cultures as well as their own–and apply what they learn to situations in their personal and professional life.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1. What Is Anthropology?
Physical (Biological) Anthropology
Evolutionary Record of Humans
Primatology
Physical Variations among Humans
Archaeology
Anthropological Linguistics
Cultural Anthropology
Areas of Specialization
Guiding Principles
Holism
Ethnocentrism
Cultural Relativism
Emic versus Etic Approaches
Contributions of Anthropology
Enhancing Understanding
Applying Anthropological Concepts to Social Problems
Building Skills for the Twenty-First Century
The Bottom Line: Understanding Other Cultures
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 2. The Concept of Culture
Culture Defined
Culture Is Shared
Culture Is Learned
Learning versus Instincts
Learning Different Content
Culture Is Taken for Granted
Culture Influences Biological Processes
Our Bodies and Culture
Cultural Universals
Basic Needs
Culture Is Adaptive and Maladaptive
Cultures Are Generally Integrated
Cultural Interconnections
Cultures Change
Inventions and Innovations
Cultural Diffusion
Linked Changes
“Primitive” Cultures
Culture and the Individual
New Twenty-First-Century Tools for the Study of Cultures
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 3. Applied Anthropology
Applied Anthropology
All Anthropologists Are Not Applied Anthropologists
Applying the Anthropological Perspective
Recent History of Applied Anthropology
The Ethics of Cultural Anthropology: Ethnographic and Applied
Anthropologists’ Major Areas of Ethical Responsibility
Ethical Consideration in Private and Public Sectors
Funding Applied Research
Specialized Roles of Applied Anthropologists
Examples of Applied Anthropology
An Ethnographic Study of Postdisaster Relief (Development Anthropology)
Agrochemical Effects on the Human and Natural Environments (Environmental Anthropology)
The Greater Use of Anthropological Knowledge
Career Opportunities in Applied Anthropology
How to Start to Become an Applied Anthropologist
Medical Anthropology
Environmental Anthropology
International Business and Business Anthropology
Educational Anthropology
Development Anthropology
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 4. The Growth of Anthropological Theory
Evolutionism
Evolutionism in Brief
Diffusionism
Diffusionism in Brief
American Historicism
American Historicism in Brief
Functionalism
Functionalism in Brief
Psychological Anthropology
Psychological Anthropology in Brief
Neoevolutionism
Neoevolutionism in Brief
French Structuralism
French Structuralism in Brief
Ethnoscience
Ethnoscience in Brief
Feminist Anthropology
Feminist Anthropology in Brief
Cultural Materialism
Cultural Materialism in Brief
Humanistic Anthropology
Interpretative Anthropology
Interpretative Anthropology in Brief
Postmodernism
Postmodernism in Brief
Political Economy
Political Economy in Brief
Political Ecology
Political Ecology in Brief
Theory, Practice, and Praxis
Praxis in Anthropology
Concluding Thoughts on Anthropological Theory
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 5. Applied Anthropology Methods in Cultural Anthropology
Preparing for Fieldwork
Stages of Field Research
Stage 1: Selecting a Research Problem
Stage 2: Formulating a Research Design
Stage 3: Collecting the Data
Stage 4: Analyzing the Data
Stage 5: Interpreting the Data
Data-Gathering Techniques
Participant-Observation
Advantages of Participant-Observation
Disadvantages of Participant-Observation
Interviewing
Validity of the Data Collected
Additional Data-Gathering Techniques
Applied Field Methods
Choosing a Technique
The Pains and Gains of Fieldwork
Culture Shock
Biculturalism
Recent Trends in Ethnographic Fieldwork
Reflexive Methods
Statistical Cross-Cultural Comparisons
New Information Technology
Mining Social Networking Web sites for Sociocultural Data
Accountability
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 6. Language and Communication
The Nature of Language
Diversity of Language
Communication: Human versus Nonhuman
The Structure of Language
Phonology
Morphemes
Grammar
Language Change
Language and Culture
How Culture Influences Language
How Language Influences Culture
Linguistic Style
Sociolinguistics
Diglossia
Language, Nationalism, and Ethnic Identity
Nonverbal Communication
Hand Gestures
Posture (Body Stance)
Touching
Communication and Technology in the Twenty-First Century
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 7. Subsistence Patterns
Human Adaptation
Adapting to One’s Environment
Environment and Technology
Major Food-Getting Strategies: Subsistence
Hunting-and-Gathering Societies
Food-Producing Societies
Resistance to Industrial Agriculture: An Applied Perspective
Community Gardens
Farmers’ Markets
Back-to-the-Land-Movement
Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms
Fishery Projects
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 8. Economics
Economics and Economic Anthropology
Cross-Cultural Examination of Economic Systems
The Allocation of Natural Resources
Hunters and Gatherers
Pastoralists
Horticulturalists
Intensive Agriculturalists
Production
Units of Production
Division of Labor
Distribution of Goods and Services
Reciprocity
Redistribution
Market Exchange
Globalization of World Economies
Views on Globalization
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 9. Marriage and the Family
Marriage and the Family
Sexual Union
Permanence
Common Residence
Marriage and the Family: Functions
Young Children Raising a Family
Mate Selection: Who Is out of Bounds?
Inbreeding Theory
Family Disruption Theory
Theory of Expanding Social Alliances
Mate Selection: Whom Should You Marry?
Rules of Exogamy
Rules of Endogamy
Arranged Marriages
Preferential Cousin Marriages
The Levirate and Sororate
The Role of Romantic Love and Courtship
Number of Spouses
Monogamy
Polygyny
Polyandry
Economic Considerations of Marriage
Bridewealth
Bride Service
Dowry
Divorce
Marriage: Continuity and Change
Family Structure
The Nuclear Family
The Extended Family
Modern-Day Family Structure
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 10. Kinship and Descent
Kinship Defined
Using Kinship Diagrams
Principles of Kinship Classification
Generation
Sex or Gender
Lineality versus Collaterality
Consanguineal versus Affinal Kin
Relative Age
Sex of the Connecting Relative
Social Condition
Side of the Family
The Formation of Descent Groups
Unilineal Descent Groups
Multilineal Descent Groups
Residence Patterns: Where Do Wives and Husbands Live?
Different Systems of Classification
Eskimo System
Iroquois System
Kinship and the Modern World
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 11. Sex and Gender
Sex Is Biological and Gender Is Cultural
Gender Is Cultural
Human Sexuality
Homosexuality
Gender Roles
Gender and Subsistence
Child Rearing for Men and Women
Gender and Language
Gender Stratification
Education
Employment
Reproductive Health
Finance
Gender Ideology
Exploitation Caused by Gender Ideology
Gender in the United States
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 12. Social Stratification
Dimensions of Social Inequality
Types of Societies
Egalitarian Societies
Rank Societies
Stratified Societies
Racial and Ethnic Stratification
Race and Ethnicity in the United States
Race and Intelligence
Forms of Intergroup Relations
Theories of Stratification
The Functionalist Interpretation
The Conflict Theory Interpretation
Functionalists versus Conflict Theorists
Global Stratification
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 13. Political Organization and Social Control
Types of Political Organization
Band Societies
Tribal Societies
Chiefdoms
State Societies
Variations in Political Structures
Social Control
Universal Mechanisms Found in All Types of Societies
Mechanisms of Social Control Found in Small-Scale Societies
Mechanisms of Social Control in State Societies
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 14. Belief Systems
Defining Religion
Problems of Defining Religion
Religion and Magic
Sorcery and Witchcraft
Functions of Religion
Social Functions of Religion
Psychological Functions of Religion
Types of Religious Organization
Individualistic Cults
Shamanistic Cults
Communal Cults
Ecclesiastical Cults
Religion: Continuity and Change
Globalization of World Religions
Religious Change in the Twenty-First Century: The Rise of Fundamentalism
Christian Fundamentalism
Islamic Fundamentalism and Religious Nationalism
Religious Change and Technology
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 15. Art
What Is Art?
Differences in Art Forms
Random Acts of Culture
The Functions of Art
Emotional Gratification for the Individual
Social Integration
Social Control
Preserving or Challenging the Status Quo
Graphic and Plastic Arts
Music
Ethnomusicology
Dance
Functions of Dance
Dance and Other Aspects of a Culture
Film: A Recent Art Form
Art: Continuity and Change
Summary
Key Terms
Critical thinking Questions
Online Study Resources
Chapter 16. Global Challenges and the Role of Applied Anthropology
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