Stories of Culture and Place

An Introduction to Anthropology, Second Edition

Michael G. Kenny, Kirsten Smillie (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2017
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-9370-4 (ISBN)

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This unique introduction to cultural anthropology is structured as a narrative, rather than a compendium of facts about cultures and concepts. It describes anthropology as a series of stories that emerge from cultural encounters in particular times and places.

Stories of Culture and Place makes use of one of anthropology's most enduring elements—storytelling—to introduce students to the excitement of the discipline. The authors invite students to think of anthropology as a series of stories that emerge from cultural encounters in particular times and places. References to classic and contemporary ethnographic examples—from Coming of Age in Samoa to Coming of Age in Second Life—allow students to grasp anthropology's sometimes problematic past, while still capturing the potential of the discipline.

This new edition has been significantly reorganized and includes two new chapters—one on health and one on economic change—as well as fresh ethnographic examples. The result is a more streamlined introductory text that offers thorough coverage but is still manageable to teach.

Michael G. Kenny is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Simon Fraser University. Kirsten Smillie is a Facility Engagement Liaison with Doctors of BC, a health services researcher, and an instructional designer.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface

1. The Story of Anthropology: The "New" World
2. History in Context
3. Culture Shock
3. Making a Living
4. The Ties that Bind: Kinship and the Social Order
5. Symbol, Myth, and Meaning
6. Health, Medicine, and Society
7. Gender and Social Expectations
8. Race, Science, and Human Diversity
9. The Politics of Culture
10. Anthropology, Cultural Change, and Globalization

Conclusion
Glossary
References
Sources
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	30.03.2018
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	191 x 229 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4875-9370-8 / 1487593708
ISBN-13	978-1-4875-9370-4 / 9781487593704
Zustand	Neuware