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Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology

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McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2003 - Social Science - 237 pages
Designed to address the needs of anthropology professors who prefer to make extensive use of ethnographies and other supplementary readings in their courses, this is a concise, accurate introduction to the basic ideas and practices of contemporary cultural anthropology. Not a standard textbook, Core Concepts is more like an annotated bibliography of the terms and concepts that anthropologists use in their work. The book will prepare students to read ethnography more effectively and with less confusion and misunderstanding.

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User Review  - Silvio Curtis - Goodreads

Somewhere between a little textbook and a big glossary. Clear explanations of what cultural anthropologists talk about and the words they use to talk about it. Each chapter covers the vocabulary for a ... Read full review

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User Review  - Vanessa - Goodreads

Extremely helpful for the beginner stuff you sometimes just can't remember. I use it as a reference point for papers mostly now but for any subject that has a culture focus it can be useful. Read full review

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Contents

Culture
13
Language
31
Culture and the Individual
51
Copyright

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About the author (2003)

Robert H. Lavenda is Professor of Anthropology at St. Cloud State University, and is director of the Latin American Studies Program. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology from Indiana University in 1977 and has done fieldwork in Venezuela, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and small-town Minnesota. He is the author of Corn Fests and Water Carnivals: Celebrating Community in Minnesota, numerous articles on festivals and play, and is co-author of three anthropology textbooks. His special interests are play, festival behavior, world view, culture and communication, Latin America, and North American culture.

Emily A. Schultz is Associate Professor of Anthropology at St. Cloud State University and editor of the anthropology journal City and Society. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from Indiana University in 1980. She did fieldwork in Cameroon, and has also worked in Ecuador and Costa Rica. She is the author of Dialogue at the Margins: Whorf, Bakhtin, and Linguistic Relativity, and is co-author of three anthropology textbooks. Her special interests are language and culture, globalization, and the anthropology of science and technology.

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