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  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1305645790
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1305645790
  • Author: Richard H. Robbins, Rachel DowtyIn a first-of-its kind problem-based format, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: A PROBLEM-BASED APPROACH, 7th Edition, presents a variety of questions focused on the most important issues anthropologists study. You’ll think critically about today’s world as you read engaging chapter openers, complete integrated exercises, and review unique case studies in Doing Anthropology at the end of each chapter. Within this brief text’s engaging narrative, you’ll learn how to analyze your own culture as a basis for understanding the cultures of others. Presentations are organized around problems rather than topics, creating a natural discussion of traditional concerns such as kinship, caste, gender roles, and religion. Meaningful questions integrated throughout further guide you in exploring these subjects.

 

Table of Content:

  1. Problem 1: How Can People Begin to Understand Beliefs and Behaviors That Are Different From Their Own?
  2. Introduction: The World Behind Everyday Appearances
  3. Question 1.1: Why Do Human Beings Differ in Their Beliefs and Behaviors?
  4. Question 1.2: How Do People Judge the Beliefs and Behaviors of Others?
  5. The Ethnocentric Fallacy and the Relativist Fallacy
  6. Virginity Testing in Turkey and Cannibalism Among the Wari
  7. Objectivity and Morality
  8. Question 1.3: Is It Possible to See the World Through the Eyes of Others?
  9. The Embarrassed Anthropologist
  10. Confronting Witchcraft in Mexico
  11. The Endangered Anthropologist
  12. Question 1.4: How Can the Meanings That Others Find in Experience Be Interpreted and Described?
  13. Deciphering the Balinese Cockfight
  14. Question 1.5: What Can Learning About Other Peoples Tell Americans About Themselves?
  15. A Balinese Anthropologist Studies Football
  16. An Anthropologist Looks at a “Happy Meal”
  17. Case Study in Doing Anthropology #1: Why We Post
  18. Conclusions
  19. References and Suggested Readings
  20. 2 The Meaning of Progress and Development
  21. Problem 2: How Do We Explain the Transformation of Human Societies Over the Past 10,000 Years From Small-Scale Nomadic Bands of Hunters and Gatherers to Large-Scale Urban-Industrial States?
  22. Introduction: The Death of a Way of Life
  23. Question 2.1: Why Did Hunter-Gatherer Societies Switch to Sedentary Agriculture?
  24. Life Among Hunter-Gatherers: The Hadza and the Bushman
  25. The Transition to Agriculture
  26. Producing Potato Calories
  27. Question 2.2: Why Are Some Societies More Industrially Advanced Than Others?
  28. The British in India
  29. Cotton, Slavery, and the Cherokee Removal
  30. Question 2.3: Why Do Poor Countries Not Modernize and Develop in the Same Way as Wealthier Countries?
  31. Debt, SAPs, and Vultures
  32. Question 2.4: How Do Modern Standards of Health and Medical Treatment Compare With Those of Traditional Societies?
  33. Illness and Inequality
  34. The Meaning of Illness
  35. Question 2.5: Why Are Simpler Societies Disappearing?
  36. Cultural Devastation and Radical Hope
  37. Case Study in Doing Anthropology #2: Searching for the Perfect Diet and Doing Development
  38. What We Eat
  39. Women in Development
  40. Conclusions
  41. References and Suggested Readings
  42. 3 Debt, Globalization, and the Nation-State
  43. Problem 3: How Does Our Economy Affect Our Way of Life?
  44. Introduction: Debt
  45. Question 3.1: How Is Money Created and Why Must Modern Economies Perpetually Grow?
  46. Money, Wealth, and Well-Being
  47. A Brief History of Money
  48. The Society of Perpetual Growth
  49. Question 3.2: Where Does the Wealth Needed to Sustain Growth Come From?
  50. Capital Conversion
  51. Question 3.3: What Kind of Economic System Is Necessary to Sustain Growth?
  52. “The Great Transformation”
  53. The Emergence of Neoliberalism
  54. Market Externalization
  55. Question 3.4: What Is the Role of the Nation-State in Sustaining Growth?
  56. T-Shirt Travels
  57. Free Trade
  58. Avoiding Democratic Decision Making
  59. The Use of Force
  60. Question 3.5: Why Do Economies Collapse?
  61. Tulip Bulbs and Bubbles
  62. Case Study in Doing Anthropology #3: Anthropology and Public Policy
  63. The Market Externalities of “Hog Hotels”
  64. Conclusions
  65. References and Suggested Readings
  66. 4 The Cultural Construction of Social Hierarchy
  67. Problem 4: Why Are Modern Societies Characterized by Growing Economic Inequalities?
  68. Introduction: Plutocracy
  69. Question 4.1: How Unequal Are We?
  70. Income and Wealth Inequality
  71. Stratification and Youth
  72. Question 4.2: Why Is Social and Economic Inequality Increasing?
  73. Question 4.3: How Do People Come to Accept Social Hierarchies as Natural?
  74. Constructing the Ideology of Racism
  75. The Social Construction of “Intelligence”
  76. Constructing Stratification by Gender
  77. Question 4.4: How Do People Living in Poverty Adapt to Their Condition?
  78. Kinship as an Adaptation to Poverty
  79. In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio
  80. Question 4.5: What Are the Effects of Inequality on Society?
  81. The Health Effects of Inequality
  82. Case Study in Doing Anthropology #4: Health and Human Rights
  83. Anthropology and Human Rights
  84. Anthropology and Medical Rights: The Work of Paul Farmer
  85. Health as a Human Right
  86. Conclusions
  87. References and Suggested Readings
  88. 5 The Social and Cultural Construction of Reality
  89. Problem 5: Why Do People Believe Different Things, and Why Are They So Certain Their View of the World Is Correct and Other Views Are Wrong?
  90. Introduction: The Central Question
  91. Question 5.1: How Does Language Affect the Meanings People Assign to Experience?
  92. Borrowing Meaning With Metaphors
  93. Kwakwaka’wakw Metaphors of Hunger
  94. The Metaphors of Contemporary Witchcraft and Magic
  95. Question 5.2: How Does Symbolic Action Reinforce a Particular View of the World?
  96. The Kwakwaka’wakw Cannibal Dance
  97. The Ritual of Contemporary Witchcraft and Magic
  98. Dorothy Gale Meets Luke Skywalker
  99. Question 5.3: How Do People Come to Believe What They Do, and How Do They Continue to Hold to Their Beliefs Even If They Seem Contradictory or Ambiguous?
  100. The Process of Interpretive Drift
  101. Explaining Why the Sun Moves Around Earth
  102. Question 5.4: How Can We Account for the Different Meanings People Assign to Experiences?
  103. What Kinds of Worldviews Are Associated With Each Cultural Type?
  104. Question 5.5: How Can People Reorder Their View of the World If It Becomes Unsatisfactory?
  105. Wovoka and the Ghost Dance
  106. Mother Ann Lee and the Shakers
  107. Case Study in Doing Anthropology #5: Political Consulting and the Power of Metaphor
  108. Moral Politics: The Nation as a Family
  109. Policy Views: Same-Sex Marriage
  110. Translating Theory Into Action
  111. Conclusions
  112. References and Suggested Readings
  113. 6 Patterns of Family Relations
  114. Problem 6: What Do We Need to Know Before We Can Understand the Dynamics of Family Life in Other Societies?
  115. Introduction: Soap Operas and Family Relations
  116. Question 6.1: What Is the Composition of the Typical Family Group?
  117. The Family Composition of the Bushman
  118. The Family Composition of the Trobriand Islanders
  119. The Family Composition of the Chinese
  120. Question 6.2: How Are Families Formed and Ideal Family Types Maintained?
  121. The Family Cycle of the Bushman
  122. The Family Cycle of the Trobriand Islanders
  123. The Family Cycle of the Chinese
  124. Question 6.3: What Are the Roles of Sexuality, Love, and Wealth?
  125. Sex, Love, and Wealth Among the Bushman
  126. Sex, Love, and Wealth Among the Trobriand Islanders
  127. Sex, Love, and Wealth Among the Chinese
  128. Question 6.4: What Threatens to Disrupt the Family Unit?
  129. Threats to the Bushman Family
  130. Threats to the Trobriand Island Family
  131. Threats to the Chinese Family
  132. Case Study in Doing Anthropology #6: Combating HIV/AIDS
  133. AIDS Prevention in Mexico
  134. Sexual Silence
  135. Power Relations
  136. Trust and Fidelity
  137. Sex and Love
  138. Why Is the Message of Traditional AIDS Prevention Programs Sometimes Ignored?
  139. Designing AIDS Prevention Programs
  140. Conclusions
  141. References and Suggested Readings
  142. 7 The Cultural Construction of Identity
  143. Problem 7: How Do People Determine Who They Are, and How Do They Communicate Who They Think They Are to Others?
  144. Introduction: The Importance of Self
  145. Question 7.1: How Does the Concept of Personhood Vary From Society to Society?
  146. The Egocentric and Sociocentric Self
  147. Personhood in Japan and America
  148. Question 7.2: How Do Societies Distinguish Individuals From One Another?
  149. Constructing Male and Female
  150. Language, Gender, and Race
  151. Question 7.3: How Do Individuals Learn Who They Are?
  152. The Transition to Adulthood
  153. Work and Career
  154. Question 7.4: How Do Individuals Communicate Their Identities to One Another?
  155. Gifts and Commodities
  156. Gift Giving and Christmas in America
  157. Question 7.5: How Do Individuals Defend Their Identities When They Are Threatened?
  158. Making Moka in Papua New Guinea
  159. Migrants and Refugees
  160. Case Study in Doing Anthropology #7: Fat Talk
  161. Body Image and Identity
  162. Fat Talk
  163. The Problem
  164. Addressing the Problem
  165. Conclusions
  166. References and Suggested Readings
  167. 8 The Cultural Construction of Violent Conflict
  168. Problem 8: How Do Societies Give Meaning to and Justify Collective Violence?
  169. Introduction: The Justification of Violent Conflict
  170. Question 8.1: How Do Societies Create a Bias in Favor of Collective Violence?
  171. Horses, Rank, and Warfare Among the Kiowa
  172. Good Hosts Among the Yanomamö
  173. Defending Honor in Kohistan
  174. Constructing Religious Justifications for Violence
  175. Question 8.2: How Do Societies Create a Bias Against Violent Conflict?
  176. Characteristics of Peaceful Societies
  177. Question 8.3: What Are the Economic, Political, or Social Differences Between Peaceful and Violent Societies?
  178. The Need to Protect Resources and Honor
  179. Creating the Conditions for Violence
  180. Sexism and Violent Conflict
  181. Question 8.4: What Are the Effects of War on Societies?
  182. The Impact of War on Population
  183. The Evolution of the Nation-State
  184. Violence and Male Solidarity
  185. Question 8.5: How Is It Possible to Justify the Creation of Weapons of Mass Destruction?
  186. The Anthropology of a Nuclear Weapons Laboratory
  187. The Language of Nuclear Destruction
  188. Case Study in Doing Anthropology #8: The Uses (and Misuses?) of Anthropology for Peace and War
  189. Anthropology and the Outcomes of War
  190. Anthropology and Peace Studies
  191. The Human Terrain Concept and Anthropologists in the Military
  192. The Anthropological Reaction to Human Terrain Systems
  193. The End of Human Terrain Systems
  194. Conclusions
  195. References and Suggested Readings
  196. Glossary
  197. References
  198. Index

 

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