Cultural anthropology.

Summary: Cultural Anthropology, Fourth Canadian Edition, has been thoroughly updated to reflect the current trends and research in sociocultural anthropology. Drawing research and ideas from a number of schools of anthropological thought, this text exposes students to a mix of perspectives and challenges them to think critically about the true complexity and breadth of human behaviour and the human condition. With its invigorated writing, comprehensive coverage, robust art program, and relevant and engaging ethnographic examples, this text provides students with a comprehensive introduction to sociocultural anthropology.

Record details

ISBN: 9780176648800
ISBN: 0176648801
Physical Description: print
xxxii, 414 p. ; 28 cm.
Edition: 4th Canadian ed.
Publisher: Toronto, Ont. : Nelson Education, c2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Anthropology and the study of culture -- The nature of anthropology -- The nature of culture -- The beginnings of human culture -- Culture and survival: communicating and staying alive -- Language and communication -- Making a living -- Economic systems -- The formation of groups: solving the problem of cooperation -- Sex and marriage -- Family and household -- Kinship and descent -- Social stratification and groupings -- The search for order: solving the problem of disorder -- Political organization and the maintenance of order -- Religion and the supernatural -- The arts -- Exploring work, cultural change, and the future of humanity -- Anthropology at work -- Cultural change and the future of humanity -- Glossary.